JSP comment tag

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JSP comment tag is used to mark JSP code as a comment i.e. the code inside the comment tag will be ignored by the web container.

Syntax: 

<%-- JSP comment --%>

Example:

welcome.jsp

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Comment tag example</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        This is Comment tag example. 
                Next line is commented so will not be visible.
        <!-- Hello World -->
    </body>
</html>

 

web.xml

<web-app>
 
  <welcome-file-list>
          <welcome-file>welcome.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>	
 
</web-app>