how to write methods in jsp?

[Vijay Rathi]

Please tell me....
how to write methods in jsp??
Thanks
rathi
[ November 19, 2006: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[Venkatraman Kandaswamy]

First its not a very good idea to write methods in JSP - its only for presentation and anything complex should go into a custom Tag or to the servlet.

Anyway still you can shoot yourself, if you want to

Here is how you write a method in JSP.

<%!
    private String someFunction(HttpServletRequest request, String parameterName) {
    } %>

Do send HttpServletRequest as one of the parameters - if you want to extract something out of it...

Regards

[Bear Bibeault]

Originally posted by Venkatraman Kandaswamy:
First its not a very good idea to write methods in JSP - its only for presentation and anything complex should go into a custom Tag or to the servlet.

Heed Venkatraman's advice for he speaks wisely.