Jsp:include static svg does not work

Question

I am running tomcat4- and I have a jsp file that outputs svg content like so:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
<%@ page contentType="image/svg+xml"%>
This works fine- the problem is that up until now I have included other svg widgets like this:
<g id="radio_off" >
               <%@ include file="../graphics/radioButton.svg" %>
          </g>
which also works just fine. Now, I have to change this to pass in a dynamic directory containing the image (there will be various directories with same file name- I determine at runtime which directory to use)- so I have to use a jsp:include instead.
When I do this:
<g id="radio_off" >
<jsp:include page="graphics/radioButton.svg" flush="true"/>
          </g>
When it is run I just get:
g id="radio_off" >
          </g>
Just blank inside the <g> . If I change radioButton.svg to radioButton.jsp and say:
g id="radio_off" >
<jsp:include page="graphics/radioButton.jsp" flush="true"/>
          </g>
Then I get what I expect with
g id="radio_off" >
<svg width="15" height="15">
....and so on
          </g>
I thought jsp:include would include the static content of a file (like html or svg), but apparently only the OUTPUT of that file.....
Is this correct- I cannot get my svg content to be included in the svg by using jsp:include or am I missing something?
I think it will be strange that I have to rename all my svg files jsp to get them included...Anu ideas???
Thanks,
Jim

Answer 1

Michael,
You are right- I reread your post more closely and saw that you are suggesting to basically just map all my static files (like the .svg) into .jsp extensions- which is basically what I was asking was true- that for svg, xml, htm, any static content to be included as in the <%@include directive but using the action <jsp:include it needs to either be changed to the extension .jsp or, as you suggested, mapped in the web.xml to .jsp. I have remapped my svg to .jsp so as to preserve their .svg extensions- (of course now the first user is hit by about 20 jsp:init's on that page!!- but is then cached as in all jsp's).
I guess kinda makes since since the include action gets the actual response from the page (which is blank image)- but as jsp it is the actual code....Well needed confirmation- and that's what I got along with the reminder to use the mapping in web.xml.
So thanks alot- even put extra duke in for you !!
Jim