JSP in MVC architecture

[LakshmiNarayana vishnu]

Hi Friends,
I am new to struts ad i gt one doubt that
Can a JSP be used as controllor in MVC architecture ? If NO, why ?

Cheers,
Narvish

[Deepak Bala]

JSP can be used as a controller in the architecture but you shouldnt do that unless you are forced to. You can use the <jsp:forward> standard action to control the flow. The JSP is the view and should care only about presenting the data to the user. What does this have to do with struts though ?

[Bear Bibeault]

It can I suppose, but it shouldn't. JSP is a templating technology for generating HTML web pages. It's not well suited for processing. Servlets are much better suited for processing.

Use the right tool for the job. A hammer makes a poor screwdriver.

[Bear Bibeault]

Originally posted by John Meyers:
but you shouldnt do that unless you are forced to

I have visions of some wild-eyed and misdirected CTO standing over the staff with a shotgun forcing them to use JSPs for something for which they are a poor choice. "The first person that writes a servlet gets it!"

[Cameron Wallace McKenzie]

JSPs should be for view generation. Anything you can do in a Servlet, you can do in a JSP, but can and should are two totally different things.

Here's a good tutorial on MVC, and when to use Servlets as opposed to JSPs:

http://www.technicalfacilitation.com/get.php?link=whatismvc

-Cameron

[Deepak Bala]

I have visions of some wild-eyed and misdirected CTO standing over the staff with a shotgun forcing them to use JSPs for something for which they are a poor choice. "The first person that writes a servlet gets it!"

Hehe ! Precisely !