[Jython-users] Servlets, JSP

[<nik...@va...>]

Hi all,

first of all (since I'm new to the list) I want to say thanks a lot for
Jython; it's been extremely useful to me.

Next, to the questions. (I'm sorry if some of this might be off-topic =
for
this list; but I figured it concerned Jython enough to include it.) =
Here
goes:

1. [see also (3)]
Has anyone successfully used Jython in JSP? I recently discovered the
BSF-taglib from jakarta.apache.org, but that was quite limited in =
comparison
with the ideal of exchanging the native Java for scripting with e.g. =
Jython.
(I've considered PSP, but it's a little off-standard, and seems
unattended..?)

2. [Might be off-topic]
When running two servlets -- compiled from Jython-sources -- in two
different contexts under Tomcat, I run into problems. Tomcat cannot =
find the
second servlet, unless I put its classes (regular + inner) in the same
context (i.e. in the same (WEB-INF/classes). At first, I thought it was =
due
to the "inner class"; but it seems that I have to move both in order =
for the
servlet to be found. This does not seem to happen to regular =
Java-servlets
though, which is why I wonder if it's a Jython-problem.
    My question here is really if someone else has had any problems =
like
this and has a suggestion at hand; otherwise, I will do some more =
tracking
of the problem to see what I might have overlooked.


3. [This is definitely off-topic in essence, but in practise, it might =
well
touch the roles of Jython (e.g. in JSP)]

This is a somewhat controversial subject. In Webware's PSP
(webware.sourceforge.net), there is an option to use braces instead of
indentation. This strikes me as a very good solution when embedding
Python-code into "output" (text, HTML, XML etc). Therefore I wonder, =
since
scripting capabilities in e.g. JSP and XSP (Cocoon) are likely to =
follow
"standard procedures of incorporation" (whatever that is), will Jython =
(and
Python) ever have this option? I would not like to see it anywhere else =
than
when embedding, but just there it makes sense. Maybe this is more up to =
the
implementation of the "server page to code" interpreter though..(such =
as in
Webware's PSP)?

best regards
Niklas Lindstr=F6m