> I'm more than aware that there is a lot of HTML to be generated for the next
> few years and that JSP will be a good direct way of doing it. However, when
> I can use XML - because my intranet is entirely IE6, or it is for machine
> reading - does JSP provide me with any significant advantages?
Sure - for example if you have a static XML and want to add dynamic content.
For example - assume you have a docbook XML, and want to include an "serial
nr".
JSP may be an alternative to XSL - for many applications it is much easier to
use JSP,
especialy for a non-tech person. ( with an XML editor and a XML-compatible
version
of JSP it will be even easier ).
> My feeling is that ASP and JSP will last only as long as it is necessary to
> generate HTML directly - which may be a long time :( - once it is more
> structured kinds of data we are generating, they become unnecessary.
I think JSP will have to migrate to a XML form, and it will compete with XSL.
XSL is more powerfull ( it can change the structure of the document), but
JSP is
easier to use. ( and as a consequence, it is easy to translate JSP to
executable code -
servlet or something else, while most XSL implementations are just
"interpretors".)
Costin
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