Scriptlets

• The most basic kind of scripting element is the scriptlet.

• A scriptlet is an arbitrary fragment of Java code.

• This Java code is just copied to the request handling method in the servlet code, generated when the JSP page is translated.

• The placement of the scriplet code in the generated servlet just reflects the position of the scriplet element in the JSP source.

  • Reasonably enough, it follows the generated code that outputs the preceding template text, and precedes the generated code that outputs the following template text.

• The syntax of a scriplet element is:

  <% Java code in here %>
  

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