HFSJ- Custom Tag dev - Q 17

[Prasad Tamirisa]

Hi all,

This is about a question in Chapter 10 of HFSJ. The question goes like this.

Given a tag, SimpleTag, whose handler is implemented using the Simple tag model and a tag, ComplexTag, whose handler is implemented using the Classic tag model. Both tags are declared to be non-emply in the TLD.

Which JSP code snippets are valid uses of these tag?

And the correct option is ambiguous. The book says, Option A is correct.

A.
<my:simpleTag>
<my:complexTag/>
</my:simpleTag>

How can this be correct..?? Simple tag has a body... but what about complex tag.?? According to TLD it should also have the body.

Please suggest.

[Musab Al-Rawi]

It can have a body but it doesn't have to.

[Prasad Tamirisa]

Originally posted by Musab Al-Rawi:
It can have a body but it doesn't have to.

This is contradictory to the following.

Both tags are declared to be non-emply in the TLD.