This book is a guide to the recently introduced Java Tag Extension API, illustrated by real-life case studies. A fairly complete approach to JSP programming is provided, with a discussion of its shortcomings and how these can be addressed by employing tag libraries. It will discuss modeling and designing applications based on these technologies, then provide a specific implementation (Jakarta STRUTS). This book goes well beyond other resources on JSP, which contain at most a single chapter on tag libraries. The explanation of tag library technology and examples of its implementation will help bring new capabilities to current JSP programmers.

Table of Contents

• Introduction.
• 1: Introduction to Servlets and Javaserver Pages.
• 2: Introduction to Tag Libraries.
• 3: Writing Custom Tags.
• 4: Cooperating Tags and Scripting Variables.
• 5: Design Considerations.
• :6 Jakarta Struts.
• 7: truts Tag Libraries.
• 8: Anatomy of a Struts Application.
• 9: Jakarta TagLibs.
• 10: Commercial Tag Libraries.
• 11: Other TagLib Projects On The Net.
• 12: Other Sources.
• Appendix A: Tomcat.
• Appendix B: Allaire Jrun.
• Appendix C: Orionserver.
• Appendix D: MySQL.
• Appendix E: Mappling Servlet-JSP Functions and
• Attributes.