Java Servlet & JSP Cookbook: Embedding Multimedia in JSPs

Most web sites include some type of multimedia and interactive programs, such as digital videos, digital audio files, Macromedia Flash movies, and Java applets. Therefore, Java web sites often integrate this type of content with servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSPs). This paper explains the basics of embedding multimedia in Java web components. This process involves including the object and embed tags in the component's HTML output. A JSP is the preferred choice for combining multimedia with dynamic content, because one can make the tags that one use to embed the multimedia a part of the JSP's HTML template text.