Difference between Scriptlet & Declarations

Hello all,
I cannot distinguish the difference in using a scriptlet to write methods and a declaration within a JSP?
Can someone explain this please?

Code generated from JSP scriptlets is placed in the jspService method, so you cannot define a method in a scriplet.  JSP declarations are placed outside of jspService and so you could declare a method if you wanted (e.g override jspInit, add a utility method).
If you are declaring variables, scriptlets are safer because they are local to _jspService, and each request gets its own copy.  Declaration variables are instance variables and are therefore shared by all threads, so thread-safety is an issue.
The best way to understand all this is to look at the servlet code generated from your JSP. This is not always easy to find, but it can be very useful.
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