Method and apparatus for a configurable Java server pages processing framework

A data processing system for processing a Java server page, the data processing system comprising:

• translating means for translating the Java server page into a document object model object;
• configuring means for configuring a set of visitor classes for invocation in a selected sequence;
• and
• processing means for processing the document object model using the set of visitor classes in the selected sequence to perform a desired set of custom functions on the document object model.

A computer program product in computer readable medium for processing a Java server page, the computer program product comprising:

• first instructions for translating the Java server page into a document object model object;
• second instructions for configuring a set of visitor classes for invocation in a selected sequence;
• and
• third instructions for processing the document object model using the set of visitor classes in the selected sequence to perform a desired set of custom functions on the document object model.

A data processing system for processing a Java server page, the data processing system comprising:

• a bus system;
• a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes a set of instructions;
• a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to translate the Java server page into a document object model object;
• configure a set of visitor classes for invocation in a selected sequence;
• and process the document object model using the set of visitor classes in the selected sequence to perform a desired set of custom functions on the document object model.