JSP.2.3.4 Empty Elements - JSP Specs ?
Madhav Lakkapragada
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posted 15 years ago
While I am (not sure but) comfortable to assume that the last line in NOT empty because it contains a HTML comment which will be transmitted to the client. However, I can't understand why the first line in non-empty?
Am I missing something in the first line?
There seems to be a space, but does that make it non-empty?
Thanks for your help.
- satya
While the following are all non-empty tags:
<foo> </foo>
<foo><%= expression %></foo>
<foo><% scriptlet %></foo>
<foo><bar/></foo>
<foo><!-- a comment --></foo>
While I am (not sure but) comfortable to assume that the last line in NOT empty because it contains a HTML comment which will be transmitted to the client. However, I can't understand why the first line in non-empty?
Am I missing something in the first line?
There seems to be a space, but does that make it non-empty?
Thanks for your help.
- satya
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Ram Dhan Yadav K
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posted 15 years ago
Hi Madhav,
During translation time of JSP, white space is preserved. So white space means non-empty.
During translation time of JSP, white space is preserved. So white space means non-empty.
Ram Dhan Yadav (SCJP, SCWCD, SCJA-I, IBM EC(483))
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