Is 'this' a JSP IMPLICIT OBJECT

[Manikandan Jayaraman]

Hi All,

Had the below question in JDiscuss ...

 
[B]Problem : [/B]
Which of the following are valid implicit variables in a JSP page? 
   
[B]Options : [/B]
 
Select 2 correct options. 
  
A  error 
      
B  page 
   
C  this 
      
D  root 
     
E  context 
 

I answered only 'page'. However, the test says 'page' AND 'this'.

Which is right?

[Renu Radhika]

<%!
String hello="kkk";
%>
<%= this.hello
%>
try this...it will work....this is an implicit variable for java,so it will naturally be available for generated servlet class

[Celinio Fernandes]

"this" is the equivalent of "page" but I do not think that makes it an implicit object.

There is only one good answer : page.

[Manikandan Jayaraman]

Hope we will NOT get these kind of questions in the exam

I also saw in some other mock test that, if language="java" in page directive THEN 'this' is same as 'page'.

The above atleast looks a valid option to me. Bluntly we cannot say 'page' and 'this' are same.

Am I right? Can someone give a confirmed answer here. May be if Bryan answers, it should be fine