Directives in a JSP Page

Directives or directive tag in JSP is used to provide a directive or an instruction about the JSP page. This directive may be a page level directive or it may be about a tag library or to include other files or resources. Directive tag often decides the way JSP Engine processes a JSP page.
Directive tag can be classified into three categories Page Directive, Include directive and Taglib Directive.

Directives	Syntax
Page Directive	<%@page.........%>
Include Directive	<%@include......%>
Taglib Directive	<%@taglib........%>