jsp:include in taglibs

Question

Can I use jsp includes inside the taglib

Answer 1

Hi madhur6,
Is the below you're looking for - Can I use jsp includes inside the taglib ?-
See point 1 and 2.
-- Paul
1. link:
http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=115446
2. text from the link:
Normally when you call one JSP page from another you have no significant access to the result of the called JSP. So if I have
Hi, I like nice clean JSP output
<jsp:include page="gobbledegook.jsp" flush="true"/>
Doh!
When it would be much nicer to be able to do this:
<%@ taglib uri="blahblah" prefix="myTags"%>
Hi, I like nice clean JSP output
<myTags:cleanUp>
<jsp:include page="gobbledegook.jsp" flush="true"/>
</myTags:cleanUp>
Wahoo!
This can be accomplish with the tag class:
public class TakeOutTheTrashTag extends BodyTagSupport
public int doStartTag() throws JspTagException
return EVAL_BODY_TAG;
public int doAfterBody() throws JspTagException
try {
if (bodyContent != null) {
String messy = bodyContent.getString();
String clean = takeOutTheTrash(messy);
bodyContent.getEnclosingWriter().print(clean);
} catch (IOException ie) {}
return EVAL_PAGE;
public int doEndTag() throws JspTagException
return EVAL_PAGE;
private String takeOutTheTrash(String messy)
String cleanedUp = messy;
return cleanedUp;