Re: Call a JSP from a normal Java fil
Fabian Lenzen wrote:
is it possible to call a JSP site from a normal Java class source file?
What do you mean by "to call"?
No, I mean what exactly is the behavior that "to call a JSP" would initiate?
I know the include directive, but this of course is only working from
within a JSP file. So, what I want to achive is something like
public String giveContent(){
JspFile file = new JspFile("name.jsp");
return file.generate();
}
Again, what would 'generate()' do, exactly? You need to explain the
functionality you're seeking.
Is something of that kind possible?
JSPs are just text files. You can, of course, write a class 'JspFile' that
does what you describe. That is, after all, what application servers already
do. Such a class would parse, perhaps compile the JSP file to extract the
information necessary to produce the (as yet uspecified) behaviors you intend.
Tomcat, for example, uses the Jasper compiler to create another text file from
the JSP, this one a Java source file to which it adds certain boiler-plate
methods (e.g., 'doGet()') to make a servlet out of it, then compiles that
source into a bytecode (.class) file and adds its new servlet to the classpath
for the application.
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Lew