jspInit() or jsp_init()?

[Leena Diwan]

Hi Friends,

In the materials and tutorials Im reading, the life-cycle methods of the JSP are mentioned like

Set A:
jsp_init()
_jspService()
jsp_destroy()

Set B:
jspInit()
_jspService()
jspDestroy()

This made me confused. I checked the API documentation to find -

void jspDestroy()
jsp_destroy() is invoked when the JspPage is about to be destroyed.

void jspInit()
jsp_init() is invoked when the JspPage is initialized.

This was even more confusing!

1. Does jspInit() call jsp_init() internally?
2. Or it is a documentation mistake?

Anyone knows what is the right answer to be selelcted for JSP lifecycle methods?

Regards,
Leena

[Adrian Pang]

I could be wrong, but I always thought set B is correct and I never see set A before...

[Osama Hasan]

I also think set B is correct.i checked the API documentation and found this:
jspDestroy()
The jspDestroy() method is invoked when the JSP page is about to be destroyed.
jspInit()
The jspInit() method is invoked when the JSP page is initialized.

[Osama Hasan]

i also think that set B is correct.I found this in the API documentation:
jspDestroy()
The jspDestroy() method is invoked when the JSP page is about to be destroyed.
jspInit()
The jspInit() method is invoked when the JSP page is initialized.

[Sivasundaram Umapathy]

Leena,

Can you share with us the resources which mentions these two sets?

[Leena Diwan]

ya sure!

I referred to online API
http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/2.2/javadoc/

Regards,
Leena

[Ritesh Agrawal]

Hi Leena,

Of course the link that you have provided does mentions method jsp_init() and jsp_destroy() methods. I verified the same information at other API documentation sources and found that they don't mention this. Please have a look at following URL

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/api/index.html

So I believe that it must be a typo error. The set B is supposed to be the correct one.

Hope it helps.