Can a netui:template include another template?

Question

I have a case where I want to have 2 different templates (myTemplate.jsp and myTemplate2.jsp). Both use almost all of the exact same code, with a minor exception. I didn't want to have to just copy one and modify the one section that is different, b/c if I have to update the common code in the template, then I will have to do it in both places.
          Basically, my JSPs will reference the template named "myTemplate" or "myTemplate2", and each of these references the template named "baseTemplate". Can this be done?
          I have tried, but I get an error saying "No Sections defined, 'xxx' not included in template.", but I have no idea why this is happening, because I thought I was defining a section.
          This is the code I have:
          baseTemplate.jsp
          <pre>
          <netui-template:includeSection name="baseBodySection" />
          </pre>
          myTemplate.jsp
          <pre>
          <netui-template:template templatePage="baseTemplate.jsp">
          <netui-template:section name="baseBodySection">
          <netui-template:includeSection name="bodySection" />
          <%-- template specific code --%>
          </netui-template:section>
          </netui-template:template>
          </pre>
          myTemplate2.jsp
          <pre>
          <netui-template:template templatePage="baseTemplate.jsp">
          <netui-template:section name="baseBodySection">
          <netui-template:includeSection name="bodySection" />
          <%-- template specific code --%>
          </netui-template:section>
          </netui-template:template>
          </pre>
          myPage.jsp
          <pre>
          <netui-template:template templatePage="myTemplate.jsp">
          <netui-template:section name="bodySection">
          <%-- page specific code --%>
          </netui-template:section>
          </netui-template:template>
          </pre>
          myPage2.jsp
          <pre>
          <netui-template:template templatePage="myTemplate2.jsp">
          <netui-template:section name="bodySection">
          <%-- page specific code --%>
          </netui-template:section>
          </netui-template:template>
          </pre>
          When I either myPage.jsp or myPage2.jsp is rendered, I don't see any of the content from myPage.jsp or myPage2.jsp. In its place I see the error in the netui error table with the following message: "No Sections defined, 'bodySection' not included in template", and below it I see the template specific code I added in myTemplate or myTemplate2 rendered without errors.
          Is there something else I have to do in baseTemplate to tell it that the baseBodySection will have template code in it?
          Any help on this issue will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I can sympathize with you as far as the readability goes.
I know that Tomcat 4 provides a GUI that's intended to make editing server and container level XML files a lot easier, but I'm not certain if it handles application level XMLs too. I think it's safe to say that version 5 will probably either support modifying web.xml files through the GUI or someone will make that feature available through an add-on module.
In the meantime, the length of the XML doesn't affect Tomcat. I would just put up with it until the tool comes along.