JSTL Core tag - import() : Function

The <c:import> tag provides all of the functionality of the <include> action but also allows for inclusion of absolute URLs.

For example, using the import tag allows for inclusion of content from a different Web site or an FTP server.

Attribute:

The <c:import> tag has following attributes:

Attribute	Description	Required	Default
url	URL to retrieve and import into the page	Yes	None
context	/ followed by the name of a local web application	No	Current application
charEncoding	Character set to use for imported data	No	ISO-8859-1
var	Name of the variable to store imported text	No	Print to page
scope	Scope of the variable used to store imported text	No	Page
varReader	Name of an alternate variable to expose java.io.Reader	No	None

JSTL Example :

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>JSTL Tag Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<c:import var="data" url="http://www.google.com"/>
<c:out value="${data}"/>
</body>
</html>

Output :

Above code will display the complete source code of the google.com. Complete source code would store in variable data