Servlets Vs JSP

Hi friends,
Fine. Please any one could explain the major diffences between Servlets and JSP. And which is faster in execution.
Thanks.

Hi,

JSP's are meant for presentation purpose.
JSP, though should not contain any Java code in it, ie it shouldnt include any logic in it.
A JSP has HTML + Jsp tags for dynamic creation of pages.
Actually a JSP is being run by a Servlet called JSPServlet which creates the JSP o/p.
JSP is faster than a servlet.
But when u compile a JSP for the first time it is v.slow.
The reason is that whenever a JSP is created or its content is changed . The JSP page compiler parses the JSP and produces a servlet. After this the Ooutput servlet is loaded and compiled in memory. SO this cycle creates a lag.
But if a JSP is rerun for the second time. Ther will already be a compiled o/p servlet in the memory.
So it will be fast.
If u go thru sun's site U will get a better picture.

Regards
Mahesh

I have to disagree. A JSP can't be faster than a servlet, because it is a servlet. When a JSP is first run, it is compiled to Java source code for a servlet, then the servlet is in turn compiled to Java bytecode which is run.
Once the bytecode for eaither a servlet or a JSP has been loaded and "init"ed, the performance depends entirely on what it does, not how it was generated in the first place.

Thanx for correcting me .
Mahesh

Why shouldn't JSPs include any logic in it? You mean even any if statements or for loops?

You can build any logic you like into a JSP - however, it does get a bit clumsy if you try to do too much.
Think of a JSP as an alternate way of creating a servlet - anything you can do in a servlet can be done in a JSP. <over-generalization>
People use JSP for applications where the HTML side of the presentation is more complex and servlets where the logic is more complex.</over-generalization>
Bill

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