Actions

Actions provide information for the translation of a JSP page.

There are two attributes that are common to all Actions:

ID Attribute

Uniquely identifies the Action element.
Allows the Action to be referenced inside the JSP page.

Scope Attribute

Actions can be partitioned into two types of categories:

JavaBean Actions

Interacts with server side JavaBeans within a given JSP page.
Three types:

useBean
getProperty
setProperty

Resource Actions

Specifies external resources that are to be used within a JSP page.
Three types:

include
forward
plugin

Syntax for a general action:

<jsp:action_name id="id_name" scope="lifetime" />