Program to Demonstrate include Directive in JSP

The following code example shows a Program to Demonstrate include Directive in JSP.

Here is an example of using the include directive in JSP to display the current date from another JSP page.

DatePage.jsp

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
    pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="ISO-8859-1">
<title>Date Page</title>
</head>
<body>
	<h2>Current Date:</h2>
	<%= new java.util.Date() %>
</body>
</html>

MainPage.jsp

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
    pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="ISO-8859-1">
<title>Main Page</title>
</head>
<body>
	<h2>Main Page</h2>
	<jsp:include page="DatePage.jsp"/>
</body>
</html>

In this example, DatePage.jsp is a separate JSP page that displays the current date. The MainPage.jsp includes this page using the <jsp:include> directive and specifies the path to the DatePage.jsp file using the page attribute.

When MainPage.jsp is executed, the content of DatePage.jsp is included and the current date is displayed on the page. This allows you to reuse the code for displaying the current date in multiple pages.

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