HFSJ Chapter 7 Page 341

[Suhas Wadadekar]

The explanation to Question 15 says,

"Options A and D are invalid because only Java statements may be included within <% .... %> tags"

Option D <% import java.util.Date; %> looks pretty much correct Java syntax to me. I must agree I was confused by this answer choice and even confused by the answer/explanation.

Thanks,
Suhas

[Ankit Garg]

Everything between the <% and %> goes inside the service method of the converted servlet of the JSP. So if you write <% import java.util.Date; %>, it will look like

public void _jspService(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) 
                    throws ServletException, IOException {
    import java.util.Date;  //error import not allowed here
}

[Suhas Wadadekar]

Makes sense Ankit. Thanks for pointing that out. I was definitely not paying attention to what I was reading.