Disabling Scripting
By default, scripting in JSP pages is valid. Because scripting can make pages difficult to maintain, some JSP page authors or page authoring groups may want to follow a methodology in which scripting elements are not allowed.
You can disable scripting for a group of JSP pages in an application in one of two ways:
- Select the Ignore Java Script checkbox in the JSP Property Group node of the NetBeans 5.5
web.xml
editor.- Set the
scripting-invalid
element of the application's deployment descriptor totrue
. Thescripting-invalid
element is a child of thejsp-property-group
element that defines properties for a set of JSP pages.For information on how to define a group of JSP pages, see Setting Properties for Groups of JSP Pages. When scripting is invalid, it means that scriptlets, scripting expressions, and declarations will produce a translation error if present in any of the pages in the group. Table 8-1 summarizes the scripting settings and their meanings.
Table 8-1 Scripting Settings JSP Configuration Scripting Encountered Unspecified Validfalse
Validtrue
Translation Error