JSP Implicit Objects

The JSP specification makes 9 built-in objects available to the developer. These objects, provided by the Java API without any additional implementation, provide administrative and utility services to the JSP page. These implicit objects are detailed in Table 15.7.

Table 15.7. JSP Configuration Parameters
ObjectClass and DescriptionScope (Refer to Table 15.5)
requestjavax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest. Triggers service invocation. Usually implemented to reference client information within the request.Request
responsejavax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse. Response to client request. Encapsulates response data associated with client request. Rarely used in development.Page
pageContextJava.servlet.jsp.PageContext. JSP page context. ...

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