JSP Directives

Introduction

A JSP directive affects the overall structure of the servlet class.

It usually has the following form:

<%@ directive attribute="value" %>

However, we can also combine multiple attribute settings for a single directive, as follows:

<%@ directive attribute1="value1" attribute2="value2" ... attributeN="valueN" %>

There are two main types of directive:

1. Page: which lets us do things like import classes, customize the servlet superclass, and the like;

2. Include: which lets us insert a file into the servlet class at the time the JSP file is translated into a servlet.