14.10. What's Next?
The next chapter will demonstrate how to extend the power of JSP using custom actions (JSP jargon for custom tags). Custom actions are perhaps more important in JSP than they are in ColdFusion, because JSP has fewer core tags.
When JSP was first introduced, there was a proliferation of JSP tags loaded with scriptlets. This is not good design, because it does not encourage separation of the logic and presentation layers. Beans made huge strides toward this end, but they still often require scriptlets to iterate over their results. Custom tags can make working with any kind of data or return value easier for Web designers to deal with. They help the portability of your code between applications and allow you to share your work ...
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