nesting directives in scriptlets

[pr0n603]

The search function is broken again and i apologize if there is another thread answering this question.

I want to conditionally use the include directive in my jsp page (i.e. If a certain variable is true, include jsp1.jsp, else include jsp2.jsp).

something like this

<% 
   String show_main = (String)request.getAttribute("show_main");
   if (show_main == null) show_main = "false";

Thanks for your help


   //following is what im trying to achieve
   if(show_main.equals("true"))
       <%@ include file="/main.jsp" %>
   else
       <%@ include file="/welcome.jsp" %>

%>

 

[sedj]

What is your question/problem exactly ?

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[pr0n603]

I have a jsp page and in that page i have one include directive ( <%@ include file="page_1.jsp" %> ) I want this include directive to be dependent on a certain variable.

so, .... I want to have a specific <%@ include file="filename.jsp" %> for each value of a specific variable. basically,

if variable page_number == 1, i want <%@ include file="page_1.jsp" %>
if variable page_number == 2, i want <%@ include file="page_2.jsp" %>
and so on

 

[rj2046]

My O'Reilly Java Server Pages book covers this topic with what looks like a straightforward explanation on pages 315-320.

Off hand it looks like your code should work.

What do you get when you run it?

 

[sedj]

The syntax is :

<%
if (show_main.equals("true")) {
%>
	 <%@ include file="/main.jsp" %>
<%
} else {
%>
	 <%@ include file="/welcome.jsp" %>
<%
}
%>

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