How to avoid Java code in JSP files? I'm new to Java EE and I know that something like the following three lines <%= x+1 %> <%= request.getParameter("name") %> <%! counter++; %> is an old school way of coding and in JSP version 2 there exists a method to avoid Java code in JSP files. Can someone please tell me the alternative JSP 2 lines, and what this technique is called? Solution: The use of scriptlets (those <% %> things) in JSP is indeed highly discouraged since the birth

Does finally always execute in Java? I have a try/catch block with returns inside it. Will the finally block be called? For example: try { something(); return success; } catch (Exception e) { return failure; } finally { System.out.println("i don't know if this will get printed out."); } I know I can just type this in an see what happens (which is what I'm about to do, actually) but when I googled for answers nothing came up, so I figured I'd throw this up

Why does this code using random strings print “hello world”? The following print statement would print "hello world". Could anyone explain this? System.out.println(randomString(-229985452) + " " + randomString(-147909649)); And randomString() looks like this: public static String randomString(int i) { Random ran = new Random(i); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); while (true) { int k = ran.nextInt(27); if (k == 0) break; sb.append((char)('`' + k)); } return sb.toString(); } answer: When an instance of java.util.Random is constructed with a specific seed parameter (in this case -229985452 or -147909649), it follows the