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Hi all,

Can <%@include file= take an expression as the value. For example



I can't seem to get it to work?

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AMD
 
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>Can <%@include file= take an expression as the value?

no.
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/syntax/1.2/syntaxref129.html#997991

but jsp:include can:
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/syntax/1.2/syntaxref1214.html#8828

Basically the include directive gets evaluated at translation/compile time. As it is evaluated before the page is run, then it can't take runtime expressions.
The include directive is like copy/pasting a bunch of text into your JSP and then translating it into java and running it.
 
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Thanks Stefan

So will jsp:include work if the jsp file to include is just a jsp snippet not a whole jsp?

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Give a look at 'tiles'.

UI design with Tiles and Struts
[ December 28, 2005: Message edited by: Balazs Borbely ]
 
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Hi Balazas,

I am using tiles already. Basically I have a main content jsp and in that jsp there can be different fields dispalyed based on a request param that is coming in. So I get an id from a bean and based on what that id is add in a certain jsp snippet containing the additional fields that needs to be displayed based on that id.

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So what's wrong with using the include action?
 
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Hi Bear,

The include directive does can not take expressions.
 
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I said nothing about the include directive.
 
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Whats the include action? Does that work like the include directive, but takes expressions?
 
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This might help:
http://faq.javaranch.com/view?IncludesActionDirective
 
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Originally posted by Andrew Mcmurray:
Whats the include action?



Did you not read Stefan's reply?
 
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Yes, the <%@include file can not take expressions, but the jsp:include can I was wondering if you use jsp:include can the file your included be just a jsp snippet?

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Ah after reading Ben's link it looks like the the jsp in the include action needs to be able to run by itself. So that would mean not just a snippet right?

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That's right. The include action actually runs the included page as a separate JSP and merges the output at run-time.
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Hi Ben,

Then this also means that the fields that I am getting from the include action will not be able to be submited with the parent jsp's form right?

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Originally posted by Andrew Mcmurray:
Hi Ben,

Then this also means that the fields that I am getting from the include action will not be able to be submited with the parent jsp's form right?

Thanks,

AMD



Yes, treat them as separate pages.
Bind the variables to request scope if you need them to be available to both JSPs.
 
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Originally posted by Andrew Mcmurray:

Then this also means that the fields that I am getting from the include action will not be able to be submited with the parent jsp's form right?



It does not mean that. The included elements become part of the single HTML page sent to the browser. Whether the fragments were generated by the main JSP, an included fragment, a custom tag, or any other server-side action is moot.

Why not just try it and see what gets sent to the browser?
 
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By "fields" do you mean JSP (server-side) variables or HTML (client-side) form elements?
 
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