Pro J2EE 1.4: From Professional to Expert

This chapter has covered a lot of ground. After reading it, you should have a thorough understanding of the new features available in the JSP 2.0 specification. We covered what you need to know to write your own custom actions, regardless of which imple­ mentation you choose. Custom actions are useful for creating reusable JSP compo­ nents. New in the JSP 2.0 specification are the notions of tag files and JSP fragments. These are simple ways to create custom actions without having to know how to