How to Compile JSP?

[Vesko Jel]

I wanna see how one method is working in a JSP, but how to compile it? In Tomcat there is working directory, so can view compiled JSPs, but the Project is Java Enterprise, so need to run in Glassfish. But where to find JPSs and generated responses in Glassfish?

[Ulf Dittmer]

This seems relevant: http://closingbraces.net/2008/07/21/jspc-switching-from-tomcat-to-glassfish/

[Vesko Jel]

Yes the post is relevant,but i'm still digging for tricky solution, maybe some Glassfish settings(that saves to disk the cached response).
Thanks a lot for this hint!

[Mike Kaufman]

Possibly more relevant: http://blogs.sun.com/foo/entry/i_want_to_see_my

Apparently the JSP-processing servlet defined in the Glassfish domain's config/default-web.xml supports an optional <init-param> named keep-generated that you need to set to "true". The source code should then get written into the domain's /generated/jsp directory structure (under the relevant app's subdirectory).

The default-web.xml has comments explaining all the JSP-processing servlet's init-param options, including a saveBytecode option for keeping the resulting class files as well (though it says that depends on JDK 6).

The blog article referenced above says that you also need to specify precompilation of the JSPs when deploying the app, but I'd be tempted to try it "normally" first (might be something the author needed but doesn't apply to your situation; or might depend on which version of Glassfish; or which of the various deployment mechanisms you use etc).

[Vesko Jel]

That was pretty comprehensive response. Thanks a lot. I've always thought that there is such "workarounds" in situation like this, but probably my googling is not the best.