<jsp:include> Namespace

[Sam Gardner]

Hey Guys -

I am having a weird issue including a bit of JSP code in one of my pages.

If I use:

<jsp:include page="/Project/jsp/content/navigation/links.jsp"/>

I get this when I try to access the including page:

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: javax.servlet.ServletException: File "/Project/jsp/content/navigation/links.jsp" not found

However, when I just point the browser to http://localhost:8080/Project/jsp/content/navigation/links.jsp, I can access the page that should be included just fine.

I'm just trying to reuse some navigation that I have set up - does anyone know what the root search point for an include tag is, so I can set my links correctly?

Thanks for the help!

[Bear Bibeault]

The page URL must be relative to the context root, not the file system root.

[Sam Gardner]

Bear Bibeault wrote:The page URL must be relative to the context root, not the file system root.

Thanks - I figured that out via trial and error with different combinations just before you replied, but I'd like to get a better understanding of the process.

Is there a way to check or set the context root?

For instance, how would I create a link if one page is nested deeper than another in in the folder hierarchy?

application
     navigation
          links.jsp
     content
          homepage.jsp
     images
          blah.jpg
          foo.jpg
     style
          content.css

Lets say, for some stupid reason, I had an application with its web content set up like so. How would I create a link to homepage.jsp from links.jsp, since they aren't in the same folder? Is there a way I can check the context root for links.jsp so I know the correct URL pattern to use?

Thanks for the help.

[Bear Bibeault]

The context root is the folder which houses WEB-INF.