Java™ for ColdFusion® Developers

14.3. Directives

Directives are interpreted in page preprocessing. Before the JSP or its resulting servlet is executed, the page directives are processed. Directives look like this:

<%@ someDirective attribute="value" %> 

There are three directive types: page, include, and taglib.

14.3.1. page Directive

Page directives are used to perform certain tasks before the page is loaded. Table 14.1 shows the attributes and accompanying descriptions for the page directive:

Table 14.1. Directive Properties

Attribute	Description
import	Specify packages to import, just as in Java programming.
errorPage	Relative URL for the errorPage for this page.
extends	Java class name that this JSP will extend (rarely used).
session	Whether this page participates in a ...