Is there a way to convert jsp output to HTML?

[anilkumar potu]

I have a situation where i need to transform JSP output to pure HTML to use it to send it as a email. I am trying to do it dynamically as it involves lot of pages. Any one know a solution from your experience?

Thanks

[Devaka Cooray]

It's not a good idea to use JSP for that purpose, as it's not the intended use of JSP. A better idea would be using a templating engine such as Apache Velocity.

[Bear Bibeault]

Freemarker is another possible choice.

[anilkumar potu]

Thanks for replies. Unfortunately JSP code is already there and i cannot replace them with any other technology at this point of time. Only way for me is to some how convert JSP output to HTML and send it to EMAIL generator.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Well, the JSP output *is* HTML, is it not? So you can use an HTTP client library (like HttpClient or HtmlUnit) to download the page and process it in any way you see fit.