hi, if i am writing the function in jsp progrom when i compile that it compiles to servlet and can u plz tell me where this function will be there either in init() or service() method. It is asked me in interview i said it will go in service method but that person said that can u write method inside the method.

Plz i am confuse.
Sukhbir

It will neither be init() nor service(). You can't have function within a function in Java. When you declare a function in JSP (via the <%! %> tag) , it will go inside the class of the compiled servlet.

e.g
<%@ page language="Java" %>
<%!
    public void myMethod(String message) {
System.out.println(message);
    }
 %>


will result in something like this in the generated servlet :

public class test_jsp extends HttpJspBase {
 
    public void myMethod(String message) {
System.out.println(message);
    }

    // Some other code ..
}