Oh.. i didnt realize that. I always thought that the JSP would be translated to a Servlet and from there the regular javac would be involked (like if it were a Servlet). I didnt know there were tools to by pass the conversion phase. I always use the keepgenerated option so I guess that's why its ingrained like that for me. :P I guess that native compiler could really be helpful in the initial request to a jsp though since it would probably speed up that compile time a bit. -Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Nic Ferrier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 3:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re@ Compiling JSP's "Chen, Gin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There's usually something called jspc that functions like the javac for > regular .java files. You run that on your .jsp files and it will first > translate it into a Servlet (with a regular .java extension) before > compiling it into a .class file. Not exactly true. Tomcat has a JSPC and I imagine some other containers do as well but more often the JSP translation to a Java source file and then to a class file is done without a separate compiler tool. > One thing you should know is that a jsp is just another form of a Servlet. > All jsps will eventually get compiled back to a Servlet. > Look up jspc for Tomcat and also look up the keepgenerated option. That will > keep the .java file that is generated from your Servlet so that you have a > good idea what it is doing to your JSP page. JSPC is a translator. It can't actually compile a JSP page, it just translates the page into a java source file containing a class decleration (that extends Servlet, in fact HttpJspPage which extends Servlet). The java source file is actually compiled using the JDK's internal compiler (which is accessible as an object) or by using a command line compiler. That doesn't mean that's the way JSPs have to be compiled. It's not necessary to create a .java file and then compile it. I know someone who is working on a native JSP compiler, that means that no .java source file is generated, you just get a class file. The class still extends HttpJspPage though. Nic ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
