Logo

JSP Include Directive

As the name implies, include directive is used to include the content of other files such as HTML, JSP, text into the current JSP page. These files are included during translation phase.

Syntax of include directive

<@ include file="file-name">

Include directive tag can be placed anywhere in JSP page.

Example of Include Directive

This example expresses the simple way to include more than one file of different types within JSP page through include directive.

header.html

<%@ include file="header.html"%>

Output

Tutorial and Example

footer.jsp

<%@ include file="footer.jsp"%>

Output

Learn JSP tutorials

index.jsp

© Copyright 2011-2018 www.TutorialandExample.com.

Output:

Related Topics

Scripting in JSP

JSP scripting provides an easy and efficient way to insert Java programming language in JSP pages. Here, Java is a default language. JSP also allows you to use any other...

1 minute read.

JSP response

Basically, JSP response object is an instance of servlet's HttpServletResponse interface. It is used to resolve client request. Response object can be used to perform various functions such as encode...

1 minute read.

JSP Taglib Directive

Taglib directive is used to define tag libraries in JSP page. It enables user to use custom tags within JSP file. A JSP page can contains more than one taglib...

1 minute read.

JSP pageContext

The object pageContext is used to access all the information of JSP page. It is an instance of javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext. The scope of pageContext can be defined explicitly. The object is valid...

2 minutes read.

JSP application

JSP application object is an instance of servlet's ServletContext interface. It is used initialize parameter of one or more JSP pages in an application. Thus, the scope of application object...

1 minute read.

JSP Page Directive

JSP page directive provides various attributes with unique properties. These attributes can be applied to an entire JSP page. The syntax of Page directive is as follows: - <@page attribute="value"> Page directive...

3 minutes read.

JSP Declaration Tag

JSP declaration tag is used to declare variables and methods in JSP page. Unlike scriptlet tag, JSP container placed the content of declaration tag outside the jspService() method. So, variables...

1 minute read.

JSTL XML Tags

In JSTL, XML tags are used for creating and manipulating xml documents. The following syntax represent the URL of XML tag: - <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml" prefix="x" %> To utilize the functionality of...

1 minute read.

JSTL Core Tags

In JSTL, core tags are most frequently used tags that provides variable support, manages URL and control the flow of JSP page. To use JSTL it is required to associate...

2 minutes read.

JSP Life Cycle

JSP life cycle The life cycle of JSP page internally implemented as a Servlet. These are the following stages through which a JSP page has to pass: Translation – This is an...

2 minutes read.

JSP Control Statements

There are various standard programming languages like C, C++, Java etc. that supports control statements. On the basis of that, JSP also follows the same methodology. Let's study the flow...

2 minutes read.

JSP Request

The request object is used to fetch the user's data from the browser and pass this data to the server. The working of JSP request object is similar to the...

1 minute read.

JSP Include Directive

As the name implies, include directive is used to include the content of other files such as HTML, JSP, text into the current JSP page. These files are included during...

1 minute read.

JSP forward and include tag

In JSP, forward and include tags are the most frequently used action tags. Unlike Servlets, there is no need to create object of RequestDispatcher interface to use the functionality of...

1 minute read.

JSP Custom Tag

JSP custom tag provides flexibility to programmers, to declare their own tag. Thus, a user-defined tag can be created through custom tags to perform various operations. These custom tags behave as...

2 minutes read.

JSTL - Java Standard Tag Library

Java Standard tag library (JSTL) is a collection of various type of JSP tags. Each tag control the behavior of JSP page and perform specific task such as database access,...

1 minute read.

JSP exception

Like Java, exceptions can also be occurred in JSP. To handle these exceptions, JSP exception object is used. Handling exceptions in JSP using exception object is much easier approach. This...

1 minute read.

JSP Expression Language

JSP introduced the concept of expression language (EL) in JSP 2.0 version. The purpose of expression language is to access and manipulate data easily without using any type of scriptlet. Why...

1 minute read.

JSTL SQL Tags

In JSTL, SQL tags are used to access and manipulate various operations of database. It is responsible to interact the JSP page with any type of Database such as MySQL,...

2 minutes read.

JSP config

JSP config object is used to send the configuration information to JSP page. Here, config is an instance of servlet's ServletConfig interface. In this case, the information is send to...

1 minute read.