Mastering JSP Custom Tags and Tag Libraries

Book excerpt: Developed by the open source community to make writing JavaServer Pages (JSP) faster and easier, JSP custom tags give Java developers the ability to insert XML style tags, representing complex business logic, into a JSP. This code is reusable and can help to simplify and reduce the amount of original code that needs to be written. * James Goodwill is a well-respected authority and bestselling author of books on Java Web applications * Provides a hands-on, code-intensive guide for building and using custom tags to create enterprise-strength JSP applications and examines the concepts and techniques needed to build sophisticated Web applications * Companion Web site contains the JSP, servlet, and custom tag code found in the book