My application is to generate HTML/WML pages having XML sheets. I am using XSLT stylesheets at the moment. Would JSP be better solution for this case?
Created May 4, 2012
However, in case of JSP, you can author a single JSP page, since it can incorporate logic to serve multiple user agents dynamically.
The following is a summary of the differences between the contending appropaches:
- It is difficult to incorporate substantial runtime intelligence with the XML/XSL approach.
- XML/XSL presents a significant learning curve for developers. However, since most server-side developers understand servlets somewhat, moving to JSP is very easy.
- XML/XSL transformation to generate WML is comparatively slower than JSP-based WML generation.
- JSP/Servlet-based code management is easier than XML/XSL/Java/HTML-based code management.
- JSP-based WML generation does not require third party tools, like an XSLT processor, XML Parser etc. It just requires a container which supports JSP.
- You can easily incorporate other Java technologies in JSP like EJBs or other enterprise APIs.
So basically, if your WML code/services require more runtime intelligence and backend integration, think JSP. For simple WML generation, look at XML/XSL. This approach has also been mentioned in the bookProfessional WAP.