Adding a common to div to multiple pages?

[Rajesh Khan]

Hi i have a common div like

<div class="options">
<a href="">option</a> <label>|</label>
<a href="#">option</a> <label>|</label>
<a href="#">option</a> <label>|</label>
<a href="#">option</a> <label>|</label>
<a href="#">option</a> <label>|</label>
<a href="#">option</a> <label>|</label>
</div>

This div is used in multiple jsp file what wouldbe the best way to include this in multiple files. And how would i do that .
I know that you could searate CSS and javascript in separate files . How abt html. How would i go about doing this??

[Gregg Bolinger]

jsp:include or c:import (form the JSTL library). Moving to the JSP forum...

[Bear Bibeault]

I'd use a tag file.

[Rajesh Khan]

So i am using
<jsp:include page="options.jsp" />
but just out of curiosity what if i i wanted to include only a certain div from that page??

[Bear Bibeault]

You can't. And it's not a "page", it's just a file. It can include anything you want, but only what you want to be included.

[Tarun Bolla]

I think you can do that by passing parameter to the target page and writing when conditions based on the parameters for the display

<jsp:include page="salesreport.jsp">
    <jsp:param name="type" value="managerchart" />
</jsp:include>

Now in your jsp page you can check the parameter using jstl when tag and display whatever you want and hide(do not display) whatever you dont want...thus filtering content at server side

[Bear Bibeault]

Sorry, but that makes me gag. Just partition the files correctly and avoid all unnecessary complexity and goop!

[Tarun Bolla]

Bear Bibeault wrote: Sorry, but that makes me gag

No offence... :)

Bear Bibeault wrote: Just partition the files correctly and avoid all unnecessary complexity and goop!

So instead of using "jstl when" to differentiate the grouped report things in same jsp, you say that we should create a jsp for manager report and a jsp for client report and again include the required jsp by inturn using "jstl when" in the main jsp??? ..... Isnt this the goop...

[Bear Bibeault]

As I said at the beginning, I'd keep things nice and tidy by using a parameterizable tag file.

[Tarun Bolla]

Oh! yeah...standards.... Even though its the same thing the parameterizable tag does... standards....
Thanks....