Which one to choose

[rudhras]

Hi
Can any one say under what circumstances we should use Jsp or Servlets as appropriate ...

[Frank Carver]

"rudhras",
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Thanks.

[Sandeep Jain]

Hello there ,
Dynamic generation of html in servlets is a very tedious job ,So we use jsp basically for that .Besides this jsp's are much faster than the servlets .Only for the first time they take some time but once it is over , from next request its very fast.

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Sandeep Jain

[Frank Carver]

This is a peculiar bit still surprisingly popular misconception. A JSP is compiled to a servlet, so it is a servlet. There is no way a JSP can be faster than a servlet doing the same job.
Also remember that page compilation (from JSP for example) is not the only way to get rid of printing a lot of HTML from a servlet. For many uses, a template processing system (such as WebMacro, Velocity or FreeMarker) is a better and more flexible solution. Also many systems are now generating XML and processing it through a stylesheet for transformation into HTML.