classes involved in generating a servlet from a jsp

[Pradeepta Bhattacharya]

does anyone know how the servlet is generated by reading a jsp file. Can it be possible to convert the jsp file in a DOM object and then applying a predefined template thru an XSLT to generate the servlet file ..... what are the other considerations that usually goes in the process of developing a servlet out of a jsp page can the same procedure if i am right be used to generate the code for other technologies like EJB's and other templates .. kindly reply back as this is urgent
thanks in advance

[Andy Bowes]

There is nothing to stop you using XSLT to generate *.jsp files that could be compiled by your web server into the servlet classes.
I would imagine that the technology that is used to parse the JSP pages and then generate the servlet classes is very server-specific (probably also version specific) and so it would not be a great idea to go down this route as it would introduce a large number of potential dependancies.
As for the generation of EJBs etc, have a look at Xdoclet.org. There are many other alternatives as well.