JavaServer Pages, 3rd Edition

XML Syntax for JSP Directives and Scripting Elements

The syntax used for JSP directives and scripting elements in a regular JSP page won’t fly in a JSP Document; this syntax is not well-formed XML. You must use these XML elements with equivalent meaning instead:

<jsp:directive.page attribute_list />

Corresponds to <%@ page attribute_list %>, in which the attribute list contains all the attributes supported by the page directive, as described in Appendix A.

<jsp:directive.include file="file_path" />

Corresponds to <%@ include file="file_path" %>.

<jsp:declaration> ... </jsp:declaration>

Corresponds to <%! ...%>.

<jsp:expression> ... </jsp:expression>

Corresponds to <%= ... %>.

<jsp:scriptlet> ... </jsp:scriptlet>

Corresponds to <% ... %>.

The <jsp:directive.page> element with the contentType attribute in Example 17-10 shows you a concrete example of this syntax.