JSP files translation into servlets

[Guna sekar]

Hi,

Everytime a .jsp file is accessed it will be translated into servlet. suppose if i access the .jsp 10 times, how many times it will be translated(i think 1 time it will be translated to servlet class). Also if i change the content in .jsp how it will know whether the file is changed and needs to be translated to servlet?

[Christophe Verré]

The container will usually look at the timestamp of the file. Unless you make some changes and save the file, the container won't retranslate it.

[Trivikram Kamat]

Correctly told by Christophe Verré, it depends on the container.
For example, Tomcat won't retranslate the JSP file till it's modified.
Tomcat7 doesn't retranslate the JSP file even after restart - if JSP file is not modified.

[Guna sekar]

Thanks for the update.