Thanks for the info,
Writing template data within CDATA blocks doesnt particularly appeal to
me :-) . I guess I will sacrifice the benefit of manipulating my JSP as an
XML document, and stick to the tried & tested approach.
By the way I found your tips at
http://java.oreilly.com/news/jsptips_1100.html to be very good &
interesting. Its a great condensed version that answers many of the
questions that have been posted on this list. I just stumbled across it a
bit late.
Tarun.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans Bergsten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 3:19 AM
Subject: Re: XML Equivalent Tags - are they recommended ?
> Tarun Ramakrishna Elankath wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I apologize if anybody gets miffed at this pedantic question.
> > Is it recommended to use the alternate XML based syntax for
directives,
> > scriptlets & declarations ? For example is it okay to use
> > <jsp:declaration>...</jsp:declaration> within a <jsp:root></jsp:root>
> > element instead of a <%! ... %>. What are the pros / cons (if any) of
> > adopting the XML based syntax ?
>
> The XML equivalents were not completely defined in JSP 1.1, and many
> containers (notably the reference implementation, Tomcat 3.x) doesn't
> support them. So I suggest that you don't use them.
>
> JSP 1.2 is a different story, though. The complete XML representation
> of a JSP page is defined in this spec. But the XML format is much
> more verbose than the current format, and requires all template data
> to be within CDATA blocks, etc. If you write JSP by hand, you'll
> probably want to stick to the current syntax even with JSP 1.2. The
> XML representation is primarily intended for tools.
>
> Hans
> --
> Hans Bergsten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Gefion Software http://www.gefionsoftware.com
> Author of JavaServer Pages (O'Reilly), http://TheJSPBook.com
>
>
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