include directive and include action

[Nimish Patel]

hi,

Have a good day...
what is the exact diffrence between include directive and include action ? which one better?
please give me advise.

Thanks,
nimish

[Ben Souther]

Try searching this forum with the following string:
"include directive action compile"
minus the quoted, of course.

You should find several threads explaining this.

[Ola Daniel]

The include directive is used to insert text and code at JSP translation time.

<%@ include file="relativeURLspec" %>

The file that the file attribute points to can reference a normal text HTML file or it can reference a JSP file, which will be evaluated at translation time. It is important to note that after the initial request is
processed, the data included does not change until the included file is changed and the server is restarted.


The <jsp:include> action provides a mechanism for including additional static and dynamic resources
in the current JSP page. The syntax for this action is as follows:

<jsp:include page="urlSpec" flush="true" />

[Umesh Wale]

<%@ include> : Used to include static resources during translation time.

: Used to include dynamic content or static content during runtime.