Really? I thought that all classes directly under WEB-INF/classes I visible to everybody in current application.
The packages and classes in WEB-INF/classes are placed in the classpath. But just like classes in java.util and other packages, you need to import the packages and classes that you will use.
So how do I import it
Just like any other classes.
One caveat: classes imported into JSPs
must be in a package other than the default. Otherwise, the container will be unable to find it.