Creating a JSP Source File

JSP source files are created and managed in the IDE in much the same way as other file types. Instructions for creating JSP source files are provided below.

For information on other file management tasks, such as mounting and unmounting filesystems, creating and customizing templates, and searching for files, see Managing Objects in the IDE.

To create a JSP source file:

  1. From the IDE main menubar, select File New to open the Template Chooser dialog.

  2. In the New from Template dialog, open the JSP template category and select either JSP (HTML) or JSP (Plain Text).

  3. Choose the name and folder (package) of your JSP file. Do not include a filename extension, this will be added automatically when the file is created.

  4. Click Finish. The JSP file will be created and opened for editing in the IDE Source Editor.
The two JSP templates differ in the MIME type that is set in the generated page sent to the browser.
  • In the JSP HTML template, the page directive sets the MIME type to "text/html" which tells the browser to interpret and render any HTML markup it sees.

  • In the Plain Text version, the MIME type is set to "text/plain" which tells the browser to display the contents of the generated web page verbatim.
See also
Editing a JSP Source File
Compiling a JSP Source File
Running a JSP Page

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