Custom Tag Introduction

• Layers of Servlet/JSP Technology
• Layers of Servlet/JSP Technology (cont'd)
• Why Custom Tags?
• Best Uses of Custom Tags
• Tag Library Basics
• Tag Library Descriptors
• Referencing TLDs in JSPs
• Tag Library APIs
• Using the SimpleTagSupport Class
• A Custom Tag for the Sales Database
• Tag Attributes
• Static Tag Attributes
• A JSP for Adding New Sales
• A JSP for the Add Sale Form (cont'd)
• Dynamic Tag Attributes
• Using Tag Bodies
• Tag Body Evaluation
• .tag Files
• Simplest .tag File Example
• Another .tag File Example
• .tag File Attributes
• .tag File Attributes (cont'd)
• A Last .tag File Example