Displaying a file in a JSP

Hello, I am new to the world of JSP programming. I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me with some advice?
I need to be able to display the contents of a simple text file on a web page written in JSP and Java.
I am happy with writing a JAVA program to read a file but my problem comes with how to pass the file content back to the JSP.
Should I pass the file content back to the JSP in a line at a time or buffer the output into a StringBuffer (for example) and return that to the JSP. Which would be easier or the best way to handle this?
How do I get the JSP to display the return content.
Any help or advice happily received.
Thanks.

Your problem is not very clearly defined, please give more detail on what you really want to do.
e.g. where the text file is stored? client side? server side? Is the file created in run time? Is your Java program running in the local machine?

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