Do Tag files hold advantages over JSP include?

[Hussein Baghdadi]

Hey,
Does Tag files has any advantages over JSP fragments included via JSP include?
Thanks for help and time.

[David Newton]

Yes.

[Hussein Baghdadi]

Like what?

[David Newton]

Think about how they're different: a tag has arguments and all that goes along with them. They're also namespaced, which may add additional structural and semantic information. They're also (marginally) more work, for the same reasons.

[Bear Bibeault]

Vastly superior.

[Hussein Baghdadi]

Bear Bibeault wrote:Vastly superior.

Would please you tell us in which ways?

[Bear Bibeault]

Just think about it for a minute...

Are there formal semantics for include files?

How do you pass information to an include file? Is it clear?

Can you document this information?

Can you assign types this information?

Is there a tool that can create documentation for the include files?

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