JSP Language Support

This extension provides complete support for JavaServer Pages (JSP) files in Visual Studio Code.

Features

Syntax Highlighting

• JSP Directives (<%@ ... %>)
• Scriptlets (<% ... %>)
• Expressions (<%= ... %>)
• Declarations (<%! ... %>)
• JSP Standard Actions (<jsp:include>, <jsp:param>, etc.)
• Embedded HTML and Java

Go to Definition

• Navigate to Java class definitions from JSP files
• Supports both JSP and Java import styles:

  <%@page import="com.example.MyClass"%>  // JSP import
  <%
    import com.example.OtherClass;        // Java import
    MyClass instance = new MyClass();     // Go to definition works here
  %>
  

• Works with:
  • Class references in code
  • Import statements
  • Fully qualified and simple class names
  • Classes in different package structures

Autocompletion

• JSP Directives (page, include, taglib)
• Common Directive Attributes
• JSP Standard Actions
• Basic JSTL Tags

Snippets

• Basic JSP Template
• Common Directives
• JSP Standard Actions
• JSP Code Blocks
• JSTL Imports

Usage

The extension is automatically activated for files with .jsp, .jspx, and .jspf extensions.

Available Snippets

• page - Page directive with common attributes
• include - Include directive
• taglib - Taglib directive for JSTL
• jsp:include - JSP include action
• jsp:include-params - Include action with parameters
• jsp:param - JSP parameter
• jsp:useBean - UseBean action
• jsp:setProperty - SetProperty action
• jsp:getProperty - GetProperty action
• scriptlet - Scriptlet block
• expr - JSP expression
• decl - JSP declaration
• comment - JSP comment

Requirements

There are no special requirements to use this extension.

Extension Settings

This extension does not require additional configuration.

Known Issues

Please report any issues on the GitHub repository.

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial release with basic JSP support:

• Syntax highlighting
• Autocompletion
• Snippets
• Support for JSP standard actions
• Go to Definition for Java classes

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Enjoy!