What is the difference between and ?

Question

I\'ve noticed usages of in one place of JSP code and in the other. The things they do look the same for me. Are the

Answer 1

doesn't support any kind of "else" or "else if" functionality. does. So if you need something analogous to

if (some_condition) {
    // ...
}

then use . If you need something analogous to

if (some_condition) {
    // ...
} else if (some_other_condition) {
    // ...
} else {
    // ...
}

then use with and (optionally) .