Jxp (java scripted page) is a script-processor that process jsp-like files. it contains a parser to parse the script file into an abstract syntax tree and a tree processor (jxpprocessor) that will process the syntax tree to execute the code using reflection api to produce output. the main uses of jxp are:

* as a script language engine to increase flexibility in the user
application
* as a template engine to produce dynamic text output
some of the main features of jxp include:

* java as script/template language. why learn another one? ;)
* run jsp-like code outside of servlet container
* support common java language 1.4 constructs (partial 1.5 syntax support
on jdk 1.4)
* support common jsp constructs including import directive, declaration, el
etc (taglib not supported, yet)
* practical template sources management framework
* support caching of parsed syntax tree to eliminate reparse of template
* a servlet implementation to enable web-scripting
* extensible processing context for defining built-in function on the
scripts