Method declaration: method declaration via a declarations becomes method of the servlet class into which the JSP page is compiled .for example ,the following declaration defines a method for computing factorials:
<% ! public long fact (long x)
{
if(x==0 )return 1;
else
return x*fact(x-1);
}
%>
Declaration method can be accessed by all scripting elements on the page, regardless of the order in which the method declaration occurs relative to other scripting elements .in addition ,multiple method definition can appear within a single declaration tag, like combination of both variable and method declaration
