Are methods legal inside JSP scriptlet?

Question

I know its not recommended, and I should be using tag libraries etc etc.

But I\'d still like to know if it is legal to declare methods in a JSP scriplet:

Answer 1

You need to use declaration syntax (<%! ... %>):

<%! 
   public String doSomething(String param) { 
      // 
   } 
%>
<%
   String test = doSomething("test"); 
%>