The WebSphere® Application
Server JavaServer Pages (JSP) engine is the implementation of the
JavaServer
Pages Specification.
WebSphere Application
Server Version 8.0 supports
the JSP
2.1 specification.
The JSP engine
- Validates JSP source,
both classic and XML styles
- Translates JSP source to Java classes
- Compiles Java classes,
reporting any errors
- Generates Java classes
for any tag files that are used by the
JSP
- Interfaces with the web container to load JSP class files
- Supports JSP batch compilation, JSP compilation during application
installation,
and JSP compilation during the build process of customer applications,
through
an Ant task.
- Loads class files, and manage life-cycle (reloading,
unloading as necessary)
- Supports debugging of JavaServer Pages
files through support for JSR 45
(Debugging Support for Other Languages)