Preface

JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology, as specified by an industry consortium led by Sun Microsystems, is a component of the standard Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE). The J2EE component of the Oracle Application Server is known as the Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J).

This document provides reference information as well as some conceptual material for JSP tag libraries and utilities included with OC4J in Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2). These libraries generally conform to the JSP specification.

For general information about the OC4J JSP implementation, including the JSP tag library framework, refer to the Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Support for JavaServer Pages Developer's Guide.

This preface contains the following sections:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documentation

• Conventions

Audience

This document is intended for Web application developers using servlet and JavaServer Pages technology. It assumes that working Web, servlet, and JSP environments already exist, and that readers are already familiar with the following:

• General Web technology

• Java

• HTML

• Java servlets

• JavaServer Pages

• Configuration of their Web server and servlet environments

• Oracle JDBC (for JSP applications accessing Oracle Database)

You can refer to the Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Support for JavaServer Pages Developer's Guide for background information about standard JavaServer Pages technology, the Oracle JSP implementation, and tag library support.

Documentation Accessibility

Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible, with good usability, to the disabled community. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Accessibility standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers. For more information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program Web site at

http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

This documentation may contain links to Web sites of other companies or organizations that Oracle does not own or control. Oracle neither evaluates nor makes any representations regarding the accessibility of these Web sites.

TTY Access to Oracle Support Services

Oracle provides dedicated Text Telephone (TTY) access to Oracle Support Services within the United States of America 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For TTY support, call 800.446.2398.

Related Documentation

For more information, see these Oracle resources:

Additional OC4J documents available from the Oracle Java Platform Group:

• Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE User's Guide

  This book provides some overview and general information for OC4J; primer chapters for servlets, JSP pages, and EJBs; and general configuration and deployment instructions.

• Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Stand Alone User's Guide

  This version of the user's guide is specifically for the standalone version of OC4J, and is available when you download the standalone version from OTN. OC4J standalone is used in development environments, but not typically in production environments.

• Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Servlet Developer's Guide

  This book provides information for servlet developers regarding use of servlets and the servlet container in OC4J, including basic servlet development, use of JDBC and EJBs, building and deploying applications, and servlet and Web site configuration.

• Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Support for JavaServer Pages Developer's Guide

  This book provides information for JSP developers who want to run their pages in OC4J. It includes a general overview of JSP standards and programming considerations, as well as discussion of Oracle value-added features and steps for getting started in the OC4J environment.

• Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Services Guide

  This book provides information about standards-based Java services supplied with OC4J, such as JTA, JNDI, JMS, JAAS, and the Oracle Application Server Java Object Cache.

• Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Security Guide

This document (not to be confused with the Oracle Application Server 10g Security Guide), describes security features and implementations particular to OC4J. This includes information about using JAAS, the Java Authentication and Authorization Service, as well as other Java security technologies.

• Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Enterprise JavaBeans Developer's Guide

  This book provides information about the EJB implementation and EJB container in OC4J.

Also available from the Oracle Java Platform group:

• Oracle Database Java Developer's Guide

• Oracle Database JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference

• Oracle Database JPublisher User's Guide

Available from the Oracle Application Server group:

• Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Application Server Security Guide

• Oracle Application Server Performance Guide

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts

• Oracle HTTP Server Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Application Server Globalization Guide

• Oracle Application Server Web Cache Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Application Server Web Services Developer's Guide

• Oracle Application Server Upgrade and Compatibility Guide

Available from the Oracle JDeveloper group:

• Oracle JDeveloper online help

• Oracle JDeveloper documentation on the Oracle Technology Network:

  http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/content.html
  
  

Available from the Oracle Server Technologies group:

• Oracle XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide

• Oracle XML API Reference

• Oracle Database Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals

• PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference

• PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference

• Oracle Database SQL Reference

• Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Advanced Security Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Reference

For information about OracleAS Personalization, which is the foundation of the Personalization tag library, you can refer to the following documents from the OracleAS Personalization group:

• Oracle Application Server Personalization Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Application Server Personalization Programmer's Guide

The following OTN Web site for Java servlets and JavaServer Pages is also available:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/java/servlets/

The following resources are available from Sun Microsystems.

• Web site for JavaServer Pages, including the latest specifications:

  http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/index.jsp
  
  

• Web site for Java Servlet technology, including the latest specifications:

  http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/index.jsp
  
  

• jsp-interest discussion group for JavaServer Pages

  To subscribe, send an e-mail to listserv@java.sun.com with the following line in the body of the message:

  subscribe jsp-interest yourlastname yourfirstname
  
  

  It is recommended, however, that you request only the daily digest of the posted e-mails. To do this add the following line to the message body as well:

  set jsp-interest digest
  

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document: