c:import or tiles or ?

[Clifford Adams]

I'm looking at ways to include common page elements in my jsp pages. Are there any advantages or using a system like tiles as opposed to c:import tags?

[Bear Bibeault]

Personally, I like to keep things simple unless there's a really really good reason to adopt Rube Goldberg contraptions.

[Clifford Adams]

Originally posted by Bear Bibeault:
Personally, I like to keep things simple...

I assume you're advcating c:import, then, eh?

[Bear Bibeault]

Or custom actions if it makes more sense.

[Masoud Kalali]

you can use Sitemesh which afaik has some advantages over c:import,
1-all decoration are defined in xml files.
2-i18n could achieve automatically based on your curent locale
3-ability to apply style for each element in a page (using different decorators)
4-very easy to use and straight forward. (in comparesion with Tiles?)
and many more.

you can find sitemesh in : www.opensymphony.com/sitemesh/