JavaServer Pages

programming, World-Wide Web (JSP) A freely available

specification for extending the Java Servlet API to

generate dynamic web pages on a web server. The JSP

specification was written by industry leaders as part of the

Java development program.

JSP assists developers in creating HTML or XML pages that

combine static (fixed) page templates with dynamic content.

Separating the user interface from content generation allows

page designers to change the page layout without having to

rewrite program code. JSP was designed to be simpler than

pure servlets or CGI scripting.

JSP uses XML-like tags and scripts written in Java to generate

the page content. HTML or XML formatting tags are passed

back to the client. Application logic can live on the server,

e.g. in JavaBeans.

JSP is a cross-platform alternative to Microsoft's ActiveServer Pages, which only runs in IIS on Windows NT.

Applications written to the JSP specification can be run on

compliant web servers, and web servers such as Apache,

Netscape Enterprise Server, and Microsoft IIS that have

had Java support added. JSP should soon be available on

Unix, AS/400, and mainframe platforms.

JavaServer Pages .

Infoworld Article.

(1999-11-28)