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Reputation: 20875

Cannot use the "include file" in JSP

I want to ask a question about the JSP page. I set the project in the following structure in order to manage the project efficiently. When I am in the list folder, main.jsp, I set the header as the following

<%@ include file="universe/header.jsp" %>

When I open the main.jsp, It shows the error

cannot find the "jsp/list/universe/header.jsp"

the header.jsp and other classes cannot be read. Can anyone help me to solve the problem? thank you.

Class structure

webapp
|
|-- jsp
    |
    |-- list
    |   |
    |   |--main.jsp
    | 
    |-- universe
        |
        |-- header.jsp
        |-- footer.jsp

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5110

Answers (3)

vanje
vanje

Reputation: 10373

In a JSP include directive the path can be relative to the including page or absolute (then it has to start with a / and belongs to the webapplication root directory).

So in this case you have to set the path either to ../universe/header.jsp or /jsp/universe/header.jsp.

Upvotes: 5

Jwalant
Jwalant

Reputation: 1

In JSP include directive, path can be relative.

You can use it this way

<%@ include file="/jsp/universe/header.jsp" %>

You can refer the directives on many sites. Best one is sun java website.

Or you can visit this page Include Directive

Upvotes: 0

Jono
Jono

Reputation: 18108

It depends if your using the classpath to locate files. if your using classpath to locate your files then it should be inside your class folder

Upvotes: -1

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