Can Replace completely Servlet with JSP?

[chinu goyal]

Hi

Can we replace completely Servlet with JSP in our code . If not what's reason

[Christophe Verré]

Ouch. Check what JSP are really used for in this FAQ.

[Bear Bibeault]

That's like asking "Can a hammer be used to replace all the other tools in the toolbox?"

Do you really want to try and saw boards with a hammer?

JSPs should be used as view components only. Servlets are required for performing control and processing.

You might want to also read this article.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Apart from the good reasons already mentioned, JSPs can't handle binary content, whereas servlets can.

[chinu goyal]

what binary content like sounds, streaming video, pdf files . But Streaming video , pdf files we can do by JSP also .

So I think Processing , Controlling are the things which can't be handled by JSP . Am I Correct

[Ulf Dittmer]

But Streaming video , pdf files we can do by JSP also .

No, you can't. It may incidentally work in some special cases, but generally it doesn't.

[David Newton]

chinu goyal wrote:So I think Processing , Controlling are the things which can't be handled by JSP . Am I Correct

No. JSPs *are* servlets once the JSP is compiled. You *can* do all of that with a JSP. You *shouldn't*.