JSP exception implicit object

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JSP exception object is an instance of javax.servlet.jsp.JspException. This object is used in exception handling to print the error message. But is only be used on that jsp page on which isErrorPage attribute is true.

Example:

welcome.jsp

<html>
	<head>
		<title>Exception handling example</title>
	</head>
	<body> 
		<%	
			out.print(10/0); 
		%>
	</body>
</html>

errorPage.jsp

<%@ page isErrorPage="true" %>
 
<html>
	<head>
		<title>error page</title>
	</head>
	<body> 
		Occurred exception is: <%= exception %>		
	</body>
</html>

web.xml

<web-app>
 
  <error-page>  
  	<exception-type>java.lang.Exception</exception-type>  
  	<location>/error.jsp</location>  
  </error-page> 
 
  <welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>welcome.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>
</web-app>

Output:

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