and to add one more thing - the <jsp:xxx> tags are aimed at page designers
NOT coders, they walk and talk like XML/HTML so should be easier for HTML
folks to pick up,
Kevin Jones
DevelopMentor
www.develop.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Craig R. McClanahan
> Sent: 23 May 2000 20:13
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: <jsp:getProperty>
>
>
> Jim Preston wrote:
>
> > There really isn't a difference. According to the book
> "JavaServer Pages" by
> > Larne Pekowsky (p. 49):
> >
> > The [getProperty format] is recommended because it
> makes it clear that the
> > object is a bean. In addition, down the road the bean
> specification may be
> > expanded so that a bean can comprise multiple classes,
> at which point this
> > translation will not work any more.
> >
>
> Two other reasons to consider using <jsp:getProperty>:
>
> - <jsp:getProperty/> is already syntax compliant with XML. Some
> apps generate
> and/or parse JSP pages as XML and this becomes important.
>
> - Although nearly every implementation of JSP so far has used
> Java as the only
> scripting language, this is not required. The
> <jsp:getProperty> tag is independent
> of the language you are using for scripting, but scriptlets are not.
>
> >
> > --Jim Preston
> >
>
> Craig McClanahan
>
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