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OverviewofJSPTechnology

BenefitsofJSP

JSPpagesaretranslatedintoservlets.So,fundamentally,anytaskJSPpagescanperformcouldalsobeaccomplishedbyservlets.However,thisunderlyingequivalencedoesnotmeanthatservletsandJSPpagesareequallyappropriateinallscenarios.Theissueisnotthepowerofthetechnology,itistheconvenience,productivity,andmaintainabilityofoneortheother.Afterall,anythingyoucandoonaparticularcomputerplatformintheJavaprogramminglanguageyoucouldalsodoinassemblylanguage.Butitstillmatterswhichyouchoose.

JSPprovidesthefollowingbenefitsoverservletsalone:

•ItiseasiertowriteandmaintaintheHTML.YourstaticcodeisordinaryHTML:

noextrabackslashes,nodoublequotes,andnolurkingJavasyntax.

•YoucanusestandardWeb-sitedevelopmenttools.EvenHTMLtoolsthatknownothingaboutJSPcanbeusedbecausetheysimplyignoretheJSPtags.

•Youcandivideupyourdevelopmentteam.TheJavaprogrammerscanworkonthedynamiccode.TheWebdeveloperscanconcentrateonthepresentationlayer.Onlargeprojects,thisdivisionisveryimportant.Dependingonthesizeofyourteamandthecomplexityofyourproject,youcanenforceaweakerorstrongerseparationbetweenthestaticHTMLandthedynamiccontent.

Now,thisdiscussionisnottosaythatyoushouldstopusingservletsanduseonlyJSPinstead.Bynomeans.Almostallprojectswilluseboth.Forsomerequestsinyourproject,youwilluseservlets.Forothers,youwilluseJSP.Forstillothers,youwillcombinethemwiththeMVCarchitecture.Youwanttheappropriatetoolforthejob,andservlets,bythemselves,donotcompleteyourtoolkit.

AdvantagesofJSPOverCompetingTechnologies

Anumberofyearsago,Martywasinvitedtoattendasmall20-personindustryroundtablediscussiononsoftwaretechnology.SittingintheseatnexttoMartywasJamesGosling,inventoroftheJavaprogramminglanguage.Sittingseveralseatsawaywasahigh-levelmanagerfromaverylargesoftwarecompanyinRedmond,Washington.Duringthediscussion,themoderatorbroughtupthesubjectofJini,whichatthattimewasanewJavatechnology.Themoderatoraskedthemanagerwhathethoughtofit,andthemanagerrespondedthatitwastooearlytotell,butthatitseemedtobeanexcellentidea.Hewentontosaythattheywouldkeepaneyeonit,andifitseemedtobecatchingon,theywouldfollowhiscompany'susual"embraceandextend"strategy.Atthispoint,Goslinglightheartedlyinterjected"Youmeandisgraceanddistend."

Now,thegrievancethatGoslingwasairingwasthathefeltthatthiscompanywouldtaketechnologyfromothercompaniesandsubornitfortheirownpurposes.Butguesswhat?

Theshoeisontheotherfoothere.TheJavacommunitydidnotinventtheideaofdesigningpagesasamixtureofstaticHTMLanddynamiccodemarkedwithspecialtags.Forexample,ColdFusiondidityearsearlier.EvenASP（aproductfromtheverysoftwarecompanyoftheaforementionedmanager）popularizedthisapproachbeforeJSPcamealonganddecidedtojumponthebandwagon.Infact,JSPnotonlyadoptedthegeneralidea,itevenusedmanyofthesamespecialtagsasASPdid.

So,thequestionbecomes:

whyuseJSPinsteadofoneoftheseothertechnologies?

Ourfirstresponseisthatwearenotarguingthateveryoneshould.Severalofthoseothertechnologiesarequitegoodandarereasonableoptionsinsomesituations.Inothersituations,however,JSPisclearlybetter.Hereareafewofthereasons.

Versus.NETandActiveServerPages（ASP）

.NETiswell-designedtechnologyfromMicrosoft.ASP.NETisthepartthatdirectlycompeteswithservletsandJSP.TheadvantagesofJSParetwofold.

First,JSPisportabletomultipleoperatingsystemsandWebservers;youaren'tlockedintodeployingonWindowsandIIS.Althoughthecore.NETplatformrunsonafewnon-Windowsplatforms,theASPpartdoesnot.YoucannotexpecttodeployseriousASP.NETapplicationsonmultipleserversandoperatingsystems.Forsomeapplications,thisdifferencedoesnotmatter.Forothers,itmattersgreatly.

Second,forsomeapplicationsthechoiceoftheunderlyinglanguagemattersgreatly.Forexample,although.NET'sC#languageisverywelldesignedandissimilartoJava,fewerprogrammersarefamiliarwitheitherthecoreC#syntaxorthemanyauxiliarylibraries.Inaddition,manydevelopersstillusetheoriginalversionofASP.Withthisversion,JSPhasaclearadvantageforthedynamiccode.WithJSP,thedynamicpartiswritteninJava,notVBScriptoranotherASP-specificlanguage,soJSPismorepowerfulandbettersuitedtocomplexapplicationsthatrequirereusablecomponents.

YoucouldmakethesameargumentwhencomparingJSPtothepreviousversionofColdFusion;withJSPyoucanuseJavaforthe"realcode"andarenottiedtoaparticularserverproduct.However,thecurrentreleaseofColdFusioniswithinthecontextofaJ2EEserver,allowingdeveloperstoeasilymixColdFusionandservlet/JSPcode.

VersusPHP

PHP（arecursiveacronymfor"PHP:

HypertextPreprocessor"）isafree,open-source,HTML-embeddedscriptinglanguagethatissomewhatsimilartobothASPandJSP.OneadvantageofJSPisthatthedynamicpartiswritteninJava,whichalreadyhasanextensiveAPIfornetworking,databaseaccess,distributedobjects,andthelike,whereasPHPrequireslearninganentirelynew,lesswidelyusedlanguage.AsecondadvantageisthatJSPismuchmorewidelysupportedbytoolandservervendorsthanisPHP.

VersusPureServlets

JSPdoesn'tprovideanycapabilitiesthatcouldn't,inprinciple,beaccomplishedwithservlets.Infact,JSPdocumentsareautomaticallytranslatedintoservletsbehindthescenes.Butitismoreconvenienttowrite（andtomodify!

）regularHTMLthantouseazillionprintlnstatementstogeneratetheHTML.Plus,byseparatingthepresentationfromthecontent,youcanputdifferentpeopleondifferenttasks:

yourWebpagedesignexpertscanbuildtheHTMLbyusingfamiliartoolsandeitherleaveplacesforyourservletprogrammerstoinsertthedynamiccontentorinvokethedynamiccontentindirectlybymeansofXMLtags.

DoesthismeanthatyoucanjustlearnJSPandforgetaboutservlets?

Absolutelynot!

JSPdevelopersneedtoknowservletsforfourreasons:

1.JSPpagesgettranslatedintoservlets.Youcan'tunderstandhowJSPworkswithoutunderstandingservlets.

2.JSPconsistsofstaticHTML,special-purposeJSPtags,andJavacode.WhatkindofJavacode?

Servletcode!

Youcan'twritethatcodeifyoudon'tunderstandservletprogramming.

3.SometasksarebetteraccomplishedbyservletsthanbyJSP.JSPisgoodatgeneratingpagesthatconsistoflargesectionsoffairlywellstructuredHTMLorothercharacterdata.Servletsarebetterforgeneratingbinarydata,buildingpageswithhighlyvariablestructure,andperformingtasks（suchasredirection）thatinvolvelittleornooutput.

4.SometasksarebetteraccomplishedbyacombinationofservletsandJSPthanbyeitherservletsorJSPalone.

VersusJavaScript

JavaScript,whichiscompletelydistinctfromtheJavaprogramminglanguage,isnormallyusedtodynamicallygenerateHTMLontheclient,buildingpartsoftheWebpageasthebrowserloadsthedocument.ThisisausefulcapabilityanddoesnotnormallyoverlapwiththecapabilitiesofJSP（whichrunsonlyontheserver）.JSPpagesstillincludeSCRIPTtagsforJavaScript,justasnormalHTMLpagesdo.Infact,JSPcanevenbeusedtodynamicallygeneratetheJavaScriptthatwillbesenttotheclient.So,JavaScriptisnotacompetingtechnology;itisacomplementaryone.

ItisalsopossibletouseJavaScriptontheserver,mostnotablyonSunONE（formerlyiPlanet）,IIS,andBroadVisionservers.However,Javaismorepowerful,flexible,reliable,andportable.

VersusWebMacroorVelocity

JSPisbynomeansperfect.Manypeoplehavepointedoutfeaturesthatcouldbeimproved.Thisisagoodthing,andoneoftheadvantagesofJSPisthatthespecificationiscontrolledbyacommunitythatdrawsfrommanydifferentcompanies.So,thetechnologycanincorporateimprovementsinsuccessivereleases.

However,somegroupshavedevelopedalternativeJava-basedtechnologiestotrytoaddressthesedeficiencies.This,inourjudgment,isamistake.Usingathird-partytoollikeApacheStrutsthataugmentsJSPandservlettechnologyisagoodideawhenthattooladdssufficientbenefittocompensatefortheadditionalcomplexity.ButusinganonstandardtoolthattriestoreplaceJSPisabadidea.Whenchoosingatechnology,youneedtoweighmanyfactors:

standardization,portability,integration,industrysupport,andtechnicalfeatures.TheargumentsforJSPalternativeshavefocusedalmostexclusivelyonthetechnicalfeaturespart.Butportability,standardization,andintegrationarealsoveryimportant.Forexample,theservletandJSPspecificationsdefineastandarddirectorystructureforWebapplicationsandprovidestandardfiles（.warfiles）fordeployingWebapplications.AllJSP-compatibleserversmustsupportthesestandards.FilterscanbesetuptoapplytoanynumberofservletsorJSPpages,butnottononstandardresources.ThesamegoesforWebapplicationsecuritysettings.

Besides,thetremendousindustrysupportforJSPandservlettechnologyresultsinimprovementsthatmitigatemanyofthecriticismsofJSP.Forexample,theJSPStandardTagLibraryandtheJSP2.0expressionlanguageaddresstwoofthemostwell-foundedcriticisms:

thelackofgooditerationconstructsandthedifficultyofaccessingdynamicresultswithoutusingeitherexplicitJavacodeorverbosejsp:

useBeanelements.

10.4MisconceptionsAboutJSP

ForgettingJSPIsServer-Side