More About Tags

• The most simple tag does not have attributes or a body.
• To define this, extend javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport.
• Then, override the doStartTag() method.  This will be called when the compiler comes across your first tag.
• To write data out, you will need to get out via: JspWriter out = pageContext.getOut();
• Other important pageContext methods: getRequest(), getResponse(), getServletContext(), getSession().
• Be sure to enclose the print method of the out object in a try-catch block, because it throws IOException.
• Return the constant SKIP_BODY if your tag does not evaluate the text between the start and end tags.

Created by:  Brandan Jones December 20, 2001