directives of JSP

• Directives are used to control how the Web container translates and executes the JSP page

• They do not directly produce any visible output, but tell the engine what to do with the rest of the JSP page.

• JSP directives are always enclosed within the < %@ ... % > tag.

• The general Syntax of a Directive
< %@ directive {attribute =“value”} % >
• The two primary directives are page and include.

• Page directive

• Include directive

• Taglib Directive