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JSP Introduction

JSP include Directive


JSP include Directive

  1. The include directive is used during translation phase.
  2. The include directive is tells container to merge the content of other external files with the current JSP during the translation phase.
  3. The include directive can be used anywhere in the JSP page.
  4. File name specified inside the include directive is relative URL.

Syntax :

Following statement is used for include directive :

<%@ include file="relative_url" >

XML equivalent of the above syntax is - :

<jsp:directive.include file="relative_url" />

Note : If no path is specified then JSP compiler will assumes that the file is in the same directory as your JSP.

Example :

Consider header.jsp file -

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" 
      content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>main.jsp</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h2>Header Section</h2>
</body>
</html>

Consider main.jsp file -

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" 
      content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>main.jsp</title>
</head>
<body>
  <%@ include file="header.jsp" %>
</body>
</html>

Output :

JSP include Directive