JSP Life Cycle

1. Translating JSP to Servlet. (hello.jsp->hello_jsp.java)
2. Compile the translated Servlet. (hello_jsp.java->hello_jsp.class)
3. Loads the translated Servlet.
4. Creates the instance of translated Servlet.
5. Calls the life cycle method _jspInit().
6. when user sends the request then container calls the life cycle method _jspService().
7. At container shutdown time, containers call the _jspDestroy() method of life cycle.

You can find the translated Servlet and compiled classes in the folder Tomcat6.0\catlina\localhost\org\apache\jsp