Difference between custom tag and Java Bean?
The custom JSP tag must be interpreted and run inside the JSP; Java Bean is not working.
The JSP custom tag should extend the javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag interface; Java Bean is not working.
A custom JSP tag may use another Java Beans to do its job, but the opposite is not true.
Custom tags have access to implicit objects such as request, response, session, etc. JavaBeans are normal Java classes and do not know anything about JSPs.
Javabeans are commonly used to support data and custom tags for functionality or implementation of logic on a jsp page.
Custom tags have access to all implicit objects. JavaBeans are Java classes, but all java classes are not java beans. The main thing - a custom tag can use java beans to exchange with each other.
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