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Chapter 17. Tuning Servlets and JSPs

Most J2EE applications are built around servlets and JSPs. The two types of performance considerations for servlets and JSPs are efficient use of J2SE code (Strings, I/O, etc.) and optimizing servlet container-related resources, including the resources provided as part of the Servlet API.

Since JSPs are compiled into servlets, there is usually little difference in performance between them. However, explicitly coding servlets can result in faster applications than JSPs because you have much more control over the fine details of the servlet. This is one of the standard performance tradeoffs: using JSPs results in a better design (separating presentation and logic), but servlets can be tweaked to go faster.



    		Chapter 1. Introduction
    		Chapter 2. Profiling Tools
    		Chapter 3. Underlying JDK Improvements
    		Chapter 4. Object Creation
    		Chapter 5. Strings
    		Chapter 6. Exceptions, Assertions, Casts, and Variables
    		Chapter 7. Loops, Switches, and Recursion
    		Chapter 8. I/O, Logging, and Console Output
    		Chapter 9. Sorting
    		Chapter 10. Threading
    		Chapter 11. Appropriate Data Structures and Algorithms
    		Chapter 12. Distributed Computing
    		Chapter 13. When to Optimize
    		Chapter 14. Underlying Operating System and Network Improvements
    		Chapter 15. J2EE Performance Tuning
    		Chapter 16. Tuning JDBC
    		Chapter 17. Tuning Servlets and JSPs
    		17.1 Don't Use SingleThreadModel
    		17.2 Efficient Page Creation and Output
    		17.3 Body Tags
    		17.4 Cache Tags
    		17.5 HttpSession
    		17.6 Compression
    		17.7 More Performance Tips
    		17.8 Case Study: Ace's Hardware SPECmine Tool
    		17.9 Performance Checklist
    		Chapter 18. Tuning EJBs
    		Chapter 19. Further Resources