about properties file

[siva prakash]

Hi ,

I am new to web applications . now iam going through a code of an application file , there i found some files with extension of .prop and .jspf .

Pls explain about these files, what they contains, their uses and in which situation we use them


thanks,
Siva

[Ben Souther]

Properties files are usually used for configuration (like ini or rc files).
They store a list of name/value pairs.

See:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html

'.jspf' is an extension that you give to JSP fragment files, intended to be used as include files. The 'F' tells compilers that these files are not intended to be compiled as standalone JSPs.

[siva prakash]

Hi Ben,

thanks for ur reply , however i didn't understand the following sentence
The 'F' tells compilers that these files are not intended to be compiled as standalone JSPs.

what u mean by standalone JSPS

can you brief me when we can opt for these jspf files



thanks,
siva

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Siva,
Ben meant the "F" as in the last letter of .jspf, or fragment.

Normally, when you have a standalone JSP, you can type its name into a web browser and get some output. A JSP fragment is intended to be part of a JSP. So if you were to type its name into a web browser, you wouldn't expect to get anything meaninful, or even an error message.

If you have a JSP that only gets included in other JSPs, call it a JSPF. This is useful for common page elements, such as headers and footers.