Comments in JSP Page (original) (raw)

In this example we shall show you how to add comments in a JSP page. JavaServer Pages (JSP) is a server-side programming technology that enables the creation of dynamic, platform-independent method for building Web-based applications. JSP have access to the entire family of Java APIs, including the JDBC API to access enterprise databases. To add comments in a JSP page one should perform the following steps:

• Create a jsp page that begins with the <%code fragment%> scriptlet. It can contain any number of JAVA language statements, variable or method declarations, or expressions that are valid in the page scripting language.
• Keep any html tags in the page outside the scriptlet.
• Add JSP comment using the <%-- --%> tags.
• Add HTML comments using the <!-- --> tags.
• You can add scriptlet code inside the comments, as shown below:

Comments.jsp

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" %> <%@ page import="java.util.Date"%>

<%-- This is a JSP comment --%>

<!-- This is an HTML comment -->

<!-- Current date is <%= new Date() %> -->

URL:

http://myhost:8080/jcgsnippets/Comments.jsp

HTML Output:

`

<!-- This is an HTML comment -->

<!-- Current date is Thu Nov 17 21:36:25 EET 2011 -->

This was an example of how to add comments in a JSP page.

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