include a html page in JSP file

[David Wei]

Hi,
Can I use "include" to include a html page, which is in a defferent server, into my JSP file? Is there anything in JSP like "href" to link html pages.
Thanks in advance.
David

[Ruilin Yang]

Yes. You can test this yourself.

[David Wei]

How do I test? What are the codes like? Thanks,
David

[Ruilin Yang]

<jsp:include page="pathAndFileName.html" flush="true" />

[domestique jackson]

You mention that the include file is on a different server. The only thing to remember is that the include file has to be specified as a "relative path".
Syntax reference from Sun:
<jsp:include page="{relativeURL | <%= expression %>}"
flush="true| false" />

The relative URL looks like a pathname--it cannot contain a protocol name, port number, or domain name. The URL can be absolute or relative to the current JSP page. If it is absolute (beginning with a /), the pathname is resolved by your web or application server.
i.e. you could NOT do the following:
<jsp:include page="http://www.cnn.com/todayNews.html">

[Simon Brown]

I'm pretty sure that there are a couple of custom tags that do this for you. First is the <c:import> tag from JSTL, and there's the IO taglib. Both can be found at the Jakarta Taglibs project.
HTH
Simon
[ September 13, 2002: Message edited by: Simon Brown ]

[domestique jackson]

Simon,
Thanks. You know where I could find the implentation of <c:import> tag. Curious to see how it was implemented.
thanks.

[Simon Brown]

Originally posted by domestique jackson:
[QB]You know where I could find the implentation of <c:import> tag.QB]

Yes, you can download the source code for the reference implementation from the Jakarta website.
Cheers
Simon