Yes. Preemptive termination of request processing on an error condition is a good way to maximize the throughput of a high-volume JSP engine. The trick (assuming Java is your scripting language) is to use the return statement when you want to terminate further processing.
In JavaServer Pages (JSP), once the processing of a request has started, it cannot be stopped or interrupted. JSP operates as part of the request-response lifecycle in a web application, and once the JSP engine starts executing the JSP page to generate the response, it continues until the response is complete.
The lifecycle of a JSP involves several phases, including translation, compilation, and execution. Once the execution phase begins, the JSP engine processes the page and generates the corresponding output, and this process is not designed to be interrupted.
If you need to control the flow of execution or handle certain conditions, you would typically use constructs such as if statements, loops, and exception handling within your JSP code to achieve the desired behavior. Additionally, business logic and complex processing are often separated from JSP pages by using servlets or other Java components to handle the request processing, allowing for more fine-grained control and modularity in your application.