Introduction to Java Server Pages

JSP Pages and Alternative Markup Languages

JavaServer Pages technology is typically used for dynamic HTML output, but the Sun Microsystems JavaServer Pages Specification, also supports additional types of structured, text-based document output.

A JSP translator does not process text outside of JSP elements, so any text that is appropriate for Web pages in general is typically appropriate for a JSP page as well.

A JSP page takes information from an HTTP request and accesses information from a data server (such as through a SQL database query). It combines and processes this information and incorporates it, as appropriate, into an HTTP response with dynamic content. The content can be formatted as HTML, DHTML, XHTML, or XML.