Rule for ending jsp tag

[Nidhi Juneja]

Hello Friends,
A confusion --
I have come across two different ways of ending the jsp tags
<jsp:forward page="msg.jsp"/>
why is it not <jsp:forward page="msg.jsp">
</jsp:forward>
Is there any rule about how to end tags or either way is ok.....
Thanks,
Nidhi

[Enrico Mannarino]

Hi,
if there is nothing bewteen the start and end both are ok, otherwise not.
<jsp:forward page="msg.jsp"/> OK
<jsp:forward page="msg.jsp">
</jsp:forward> OK
<jsp:forward page="msg.jsp">
bla bla bl
</jsp:forward> OK
<jsp:forward page="msg.jsp" bla bla /> NOK
Hope it helps!
/Enrico