Interface Options

All Known Implementing Classes:
EmbeddedServletOptions, JspC
public interface Options
A class to hold all init parameters specific to the JSP engine.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    boolean
    genStringAsCharArray()
    Indicates whether text strings are to be generated as char arrays.
    Map<String, TagLibraryInfo>
    getCache()
    The web-application wide cache for the TagLibraryInfo tag library descriptors, used if isCaching() returns true.
    int
    getCheckInterval()
    Returns the interval in seconds at which the background compile thread checks for modified JSP files.
    boolean
    getClassDebugInfo()
    Returns whether debug information is included in compiled classes.
    String
    getClassPath()
    Returns the classpath used by the compiler when compiling generated Servlets.
    String
    getCompiler()
    Compiler to use.
    String
    getCompilerClassName()
    Returns the fully qualified class name of the Jasper Java compiler implementation to use.
    String
    getCompilerSourceVM()
    Returns the source Java VM version for the compiler, such as 1.8.
    String
    getCompilerTargetVM()
    Returns the target Java VM version for the compiler, such as 1.8.
    boolean
    getDevelopment()
    Main development flag, which enables detailed error reports with sources, as well automatic recompilation of JSPs and tag files.
    boolean
    getDisplaySourceFragment()
    Returns whether a source fragment should be included in exception messages for debugging.
    boolean
    getErrorOnUseBeanInvalidClassAttribute()
    Returns true if Jasper issues a compilation error instead of a runtime Instantiation error if the class attribute specified in useBean action is invalid.
    boolean
    getFork()
    The boolean flag to tell Ant whether to fork JSP page compilations.
    default boolean
    getGeneratedJavaAddTimestamp()
    Should the container include the time the file was generated in the comments at the start of a Java file generated from a JSP or tag.
    String
    getIeClassId()
    Deprecated.
    Will be removed in Tomcat 10.1.x
    String
    getJavaEncoding()
    Returns the Java platform character encoding used when generating the JSP page servlet source.
    JspConfig
    getJspConfig()
    Returns the JSP configuration information as specified in the web.xml deployment descriptor.
    int
    getJspIdleTimeout()
    Returns the idle timeout for JSP unloading.
    boolean
    getKeepGenerated()
    Returns whether the generated Java source files should be kept after compilation.
    boolean
    getMappedFile()
    Returns whether HTML mapped Servlets are supported.
    int
    getMaxLoadedJsps()
    The maximum number of loaded jsps per web-application.
    int
    getModificationTestInterval()
    Returns the interval in seconds between modification tests for JSP files.
    boolean
    getQuoteAttributeEL()
    Returns whether quoting rules from JSP.1.6 are applied to EL expressions in attributes.
    boolean
    getRecompileOnFail()
    Returns whether the JSP engine should attempt re-compilation when an initial compilation fails.
    File
    getScratchDir()
     
    boolean
    getStrictQuoteEscaping()
    Returns whether strict quote escaping is enabled for scriplet expressions.
    TagPluginManager
    getTagPluginManager()
    Returns the Tag Plugin Manager used for applying tag plugins during JSP compilation.
    TldCache
    getTldCache()
    The cache that maps URIs, resource paths and parsed TLD files for the various tag libraries 'exposed' by the web application.
    TrimSpacesOption
    getTrimSpaces()
    Returns the option for trimming whitespace-only template text.
    String
    getUseNonstandardTagOptimizations()
    A string containing a comma-separated list of names to which custom tag implementations should be applied.
    boolean
    isCaching()
    Returns whether caching is enabled for compiled JSP pages, used for precompilation scenarios.
    boolean
    isPoolingEnabled()
    Returns whether tag handler pooling is enabled for improved performance.
    boolean
    isSmapDumped()
    This setting is ignored if suppressSmap() is true.
    boolean
    isSmapSuppressed()
    Returns whether generation of SMAP (Source Map for Debugging) information is suppressed.
    boolean
    isXpoweredBy()
    Returns whether the X-Powered-By response header should be generated in HTTP responses.

  • Method Details

    • getErrorOnUseBeanInvalidClassAttribute

      boolean getErrorOnUseBeanInvalidClassAttribute()
      Returns true if Jasper issues a compilation error instead of a runtime Instantiation error if the class attribute specified in useBean action is invalid.
      Returns:
      true to get an error

    • getKeepGenerated

      boolean getKeepGenerated()
      Returns whether the generated Java source files should be kept after compilation.
      Returns:
      true to keep the generated source

    • isPoolingEnabled

      boolean isPoolingEnabled()
      Returns whether tag handler pooling is enabled for improved performance.
      Returns:
      true if tag handler pooling is enabled, false otherwise.

    • getMappedFile

      boolean getMappedFile()
      Returns whether HTML mapped Servlets are supported.
      Returns:
      true if HTML mapped Servlets are supported.

    • getClassDebugInfo

      boolean getClassDebugInfo()
      Returns whether debug information is included in compiled classes.
      Returns:
      true if debug information in included in compiled classes.

    • getCheckInterval

      int getCheckInterval()
      Returns the interval in seconds at which the background compile thread checks for modified JSP files.
      Returns:
      background compile thread check interval in seconds

    • getDevelopment

      boolean getDevelopment()
      Main development flag, which enables detailed error reports with sources, as well automatic recompilation of JSPs and tag files. This setting should usually be false when running in production.
      Returns:
      true if Jasper is in development mode

    • getDisplaySourceFragment

      boolean getDisplaySourceFragment()
      Returns whether a source fragment should be included in exception messages for debugging.
      Returns:
      true to include a source fragment in exception messages.

    • isSmapSuppressed

      boolean isSmapSuppressed()
      Returns whether generation of SMAP (Source Map for Debugging) information is suppressed.
      Returns:
      true to suppress generation of SMAP info for JSR45 debugging.

    • isSmapDumped

      boolean isSmapDumped()
      This setting is ignored if suppressSmap() is true.
      Returns:
      true to write SMAP info for JSR45 debugging to a file.

    • getTrimSpaces

      TrimSpacesOption getTrimSpaces()
      Returns the option for trimming whitespace-only template text.
      Returns:
      TrimSpacesOption.TRUE to remove template text that consists only of whitespace from the output completely, TrimSpacesOption.SINGLE to replace such template text with a single space, TrimSpacesOption.FALSE to leave such template text unchanged or TrimSpacesOption.EXTENDED to remove template text that consists only of whitespace and to replace any sequence of whitespace and new lines within template text with a single new line.

    • getIeClassId

      @Deprecated String getIeClassId()
      Deprecated.
      Will be removed in Tomcat 10.1.x
      Gets the class-id value that is sent to Internet Explorer when using <jsp:plugin> tags.
      Returns:
      Class-id value

    • getScratchDir

      File getScratchDir()
      Returns:
      the work folder

    • getClassPath

      String getClassPath()
      Returns the classpath used by the compiler when compiling generated Servlets.
      Returns:
      the classpath used to compile generated Servlets

    • getCompiler

      String getCompiler()
      Compiler to use.

      If null (the default), the java compiler from Eclipse JDT project, bundled with Tomcat, will be used. Otherwise, the javac task from Apache Ant will be used to call an external java compiler and the value of this option will be passed to it. See Apache Ant documentation for the possible values.

      Returns:
      the compiler name

    • getCompilerTargetVM

      String getCompilerTargetVM()
      Returns the target Java VM version for the compiler, such as 1.8.
      Returns:
      the compiler target VM, e.g. 1.8.

    • getCompilerSourceVM

      String getCompilerSourceVM()
      Returns the source Java VM version for the compiler, such as 1.8.
      Returns:
      the compiler source VM, e.g. 1.8.

    • getCompilerClassName

      String getCompilerClassName()
      Returns the fully qualified class name of the Jasper Java compiler implementation to use.
      Returns:
      Jasper Java compiler class to use.

    • getTldCache

      TldCache getTldCache()
      The cache that maps URIs, resource paths and parsed TLD files for the various tag libraries 'exposed' by the web application. A tag library is 'exposed' either explicitly in web.xml or implicitly via the uri tag in the TLD of a taglib deployed in a jar file (WEB-INF/lib).
      Returns:
      the instance of the TldCache for the web-application.

    • getJavaEncoding

      String getJavaEncoding()
      Returns the Java platform character encoding used when generating the JSP page servlet source.
      Returns:
      Java platform encoding to generate the JSP page servlet.

    • getFork

      boolean getFork()
      The boolean flag to tell Ant whether to fork JSP page compilations.

      Is used only when Jasper uses an external java compiler (wrapped through a javac Apache Ant task).

      Returns:
      true to fork a process during compilation

    • getJspConfig

      JspConfig getJspConfig()
      Returns the JSP configuration information as specified in the web.xml deployment descriptor.
      Returns:
      JSP configuration information specified in web.xml.

    • isXpoweredBy

      boolean isXpoweredBy()
      Returns whether the X-Powered-By response header should be generated in HTTP responses.
      Returns:
      true to generate a X-Powered-By response header.

    • getTagPluginManager

      TagPluginManager getTagPluginManager()
      Returns the Tag Plugin Manager used for applying tag plugins during JSP compilation.
      Returns:
      a Tag Plugin Manager

    • genStringAsCharArray

      boolean genStringAsCharArray()
      Indicates whether text strings are to be generated as char arrays.
      Returns:
      true if text strings are to be generated as char arrays, false otherwise

    • getModificationTestInterval

      int getModificationTestInterval()
      Returns the interval in seconds between modification tests for JSP files.
      Returns:
      modification test interval in seconds.

    • getRecompileOnFail

      boolean getRecompileOnFail()
      Returns whether the JSP engine should attempt re-compilation when an initial compilation fails.
      Returns:
      true if re-compile will occur on a failure.

    • isCaching

      boolean isCaching()
      Returns whether caching is enabled for compiled JSP pages, used for precompilation scenarios.
      Returns:
      true if caching is enabled (used for precompilation).

    • getCache

      Map<String, TagLibraryInfo> getCache()
      The web-application wide cache for the TagLibraryInfo tag library descriptors, used if isCaching() returns true.

      Using this cache avoids the cost of repeating the parsing of a tag library descriptor XML file (performed by TagLibraryInfoImpl.parseTLD).

      Returns:
      the Map(String uri, TagLibraryInfo tld) instance.

    • getMaxLoadedJsps

      int getMaxLoadedJsps()
      The maximum number of loaded jsps per web-application. If there are more jsps loaded, they will be unloaded. If unset or less than 0, no jsps are unloaded.
      Returns:
      The JSP count

    • getJspIdleTimeout

      int getJspIdleTimeout()
      Returns the idle timeout for JSP unloading.
      Returns:
      the idle time in seconds after which a JSP is unloaded. If unset or less or equal than 0, no jsps are unloaded.

    • getStrictQuoteEscaping

      boolean getStrictQuoteEscaping()
      Returns whether strict quote escaping is enabled for scriplet expressions.
      Returns:
      true if the quote escaping required by section JSP.1.6 of the JSP specification should be applied to scriplet expression.

    • getQuoteAttributeEL

      boolean getQuoteAttributeEL()
      Returns whether quoting rules from JSP.1.6 are applied to EL expressions in attributes.
      Returns:
      true if EL expressions used within attributes should have the quoting rules in JSP.1.6 applied to the expression.

    • getGeneratedJavaAddTimestamp

      default boolean getGeneratedJavaAddTimestamp()
      Should the container include the time the file was generated in the comments at the start of a Java file generated from a JSP or tag. Defaults to true.
      Returns:
      true to include the timestamp, otherwise don't include it

    • getUseNonstandardTagOptimizations

      String getUseNonstandardTagOptimizations()
      A string containing a comma-separated list of names to which custom tag implementations should be applied. Unknown or unused tag entries are harmless. Generally defined via an init parameter on the JspServlet.
      Returns:
      which tags to use