init parameters for jsp

[omkar patkar]

Hello friends,

I have doubt which i have already posted in sun.java forum....but did not get any help from there. My doubt is, JSPs are ultimately servlets,....so just like servlets, can init parameters be defined for jsps also in web.xml ?
Please let me know the syntax also.

Thanks and Regards
Omkar Patkar

[Bear Bibeault]

Originally posted by omkar patkar:
JSPs are ultimately servlets

That is an implementation detail upon which your code should not erly.

Moreover, because modern JSPs should contain no Java code, of what use would such init parameters be?

[omkar patkar]

Thanks Bear, but my question was just for knowledge point of view and from point of view of commerical usuage of jsp

When will a code like be

config.getInitParameter();

be useful in jsps then ?

Can their be any situation where i can use this facility for jsp ?

Thanks and Regards
Omkar Patkar

[Bear Bibeault]

Originally posted by omkar patkar:
Can their be any situation where i can use this facility for jsp ?

Again, not if you want to follow accepted best practices which dictate no Java code in a JSP.

The EL -- which should be used in modern JSPs -- can access context parameters via its built-in variables.

[omkar patkar]

Ok ... so init parameters can be accessed, whether its EL or java code...but then how are init parameters set for jsp ....any sample code would be of great help for me to understand how init parameters can be set for jsp, if they can be accessed using EL.

Thanks and Regards
Omkar Patkar.

[Ulf Dittmer]

This was discussed at length in this thread.

[Bear Bibeault]

Originally posted by omkar patkar:
Ok ... so init parameters can be accessed, whether its EL or java code..

I did not say that.

I said context parameters can be accessed.

[omkar patkar]

Ohh Sorry and Thank you also!.... i got the necessary information in the thread specified.

Thanks and Regards
Omkar Patkar