body

and

JSP tags are case sensitive, as in XML and XHTML.

Scripting elements and directives are written using a syntax that is easier to author by hand. 

Elements using the alternative syntax are of the form <%.....%>.

All JSP pages have an equivalent valid XML document. A future JSP specification may 

require for JSP containers to accept JSP pages as well as their equivalent XML documents. 

Chapter 7 describes the XML equivalent syntax for the scripting elements and directives; 

these XML element types are not intended to be used within a JSP page but in the equivalent 

XML document.

2.1.3

Start and End Tags

Elements that have distinct start and end tags (with enclosed body) must start and end in the 

same file. You cannot begin a tag in one file and end it in another.

This applies also to elements in the alternate syntax. For example, a scriptlet has the syntax 

<% 

scriptlet

 %>

. Both the opening 

<% 

characters and the closing 

%>

 characters must be in 

the same physical file. 

2.1.4

Empty Elements

Following the XML specification, an element described using an empty tag is 

indistinguishable from one using a start tag, an empty body, and an end tag.

2.1.5

Attribute Values

Following the XML specification, attribute values always appear quoted. Both single and 

double quotes can be used. The entities ' and " are available to describe single 

and double quotes.

See also Section 2.12.1,  Request Time Attribute Values .

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