How Custom Tag Works

This section provides a simple description of how custom tag works in JSP pages. Custom tags are independent of JSTL libraries.

Here is my understanding of how custom tag works, using the "Hello world!" tag as an example:

Custom tags are independent of JSTL technology. You don't need to install the JSTL API JAR file or any JSTL implementation JAR file to create and use your own custom tags.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 JSP (JavaServer Pages) Overview

 Tomcat Installation on Windows Systems

 JSP Scripting Elements

 Java Servlet Introduction

 JSP Implicit Objects

 Syntax of JSP Pages and JSP Documents

 JSP Application Session

 Managing Cookies in JSP Pages

 JavaBean Objects and "useBean" Action Elements

 Managing HTTP Response Header Lines

 Non-ASCII Characters Support in JSP Pages

 Performance of JSP Pages

 EL (Expression Language)

 Overview of JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Libraries)

 JSTL Core Library

JSP Custom Tags

 What Is Custom Tag

 Creating and Using Custom Tags

 My First Custom Tag - hy:hello

How Custom Tag Works

 JSP Java Tag Interface

 Custom Tag Attributes

 Multiple Tags Working Together

 File Upload Test Application

 Using Tomcat on CentOS Systems

 Using Tomcat on macOS Systems

 Connecting to SQL Server from Servlet

 Developing Web Applications with Servlet

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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