A <jsp:forward> effectively terminates the current page. Nothing before the <jsp:forward> or after the <jsp:forward> is written to the response! It is not the same when using a requestDispatcher.forward(). This is from scwcd hints.Whats the difference?
Yes, there seems to be no difference. But the actual difference that I forgot to mention there will be this,
With a RequestDispatcher.forward(), you cannot write to the response but however, you can write to the server console but with a jsp:forward, you cannot even write to the server console. Anyone to confirm this?
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If you look at the servlet code generated for the JSP containing <jsp:forward> action the container put explicit return after the pageContext.forward request generated for the <jsp:forward> action. Therefore the code after the forward request are not executed.
