jsp directives


                                                     Jsp Directives

In jsp there are 3 types of directives




Include Directive
The include directive is used to include the contents of any resource it may be jsp file, html file or text file. Resource included by include directive is loaded during  jsp translation time. so it is better to include static resource by using include directive. Include directive uses file attribute to specify resource to be included.
Syntax
<%@ include file="url" %> 
 
Example
<%@ include file="first.html" %>
 

JSP Taglib directive


The JSP taglib directive is used to define a tag library that defines many tags. taglib directive is mainly used to define JSTL tags and custom tags.

Attributes:
uri
prefix

syntax:

<%@ taglib prefix="prefix_name" uri="uri of the taglibrary"%>
 
Example:

<%@ taglib prefix="myprefix" uri="WEB-INF/message.tld"%>