SECTION: 950-JSP TITLE: JSPJikes QUESTION: Can I use Jikes to compile JSPs? Yes.

Jasper, the JSP compiler now uses ant to compile the JSPs and can thus use any compiler that ant is capable of using.

The `<initParameter>` option `compiler` can be set on the `JSPServlet` to specify which ant compiler option to use. This can be set either in the webdefault.xml file for all web applications, or in jetty-web.xml for a specific web application.

Note: you will need to ensure that your version of Jikes supports the `-encoding` option and use the `<initParam>` option `javaEncoding` to the JSPServlet.

There is more information available on using Jikes in the $JETTY_HOME/etc/webdefault.xml file, and on the Jasper page.