include file directive

[Bob Moranski]

Hi, I have a question about <%@ include file="someURL"%>. Is it mainly for creating a frame within a HTML page that has another HTML?
Thank you so much.

[Tony Alicea]

That is just one use out of many. It also happens to be the one that I am using it for, at work.
Most readers of this forum will appreciate this link, in which the first of the Top Ten JSP Tips is "Choosing the Right Include Mechanism":
  http://java.oreilly.com/news/jsptips_1100.html