Question on including file by directive

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My view.jsp:

<html>
<body>
AAAAAAAAAA
<%@ include file="footer.html" %>
</body>
</html>

Then, I changed content of footer.html, then I access the view.jsp again. How come view.jsp now shows new content of footer.html?

I'm confused. Since I didn't change view.jsp and directive include happens at translation time, the content of view.jsp should not be changed. Right?

Thanks,
Jenny

shiva viswanathan

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Hi Jenny

My guess is you are using one of the popular web servers like tomcat , weblogic , websphere etc

These are termed as "intelligent servers"(as termed in HFSJ)
which can detect when the file has been changed even when you make use of include directive

Hence for most modern web servers include directive works same as jsp

irective even though it is not guaranteed by the spec

Catch You Later
Shiva

Jingh Yi

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Thanks, Shiva! Tomcat is too smart for me...

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