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Learn how to use include directive to create a JSP code that works for the whole website
how to create a JSP code that will work for the whole website
To create a JSP code that will work for the whole website, you can use an include directive.
First, create a JSP page with the common code that you want to include in multiple pages. For example, let's say you want to include a header in every page. You can create a JSP page called "header.jsp" and include the header code in this file.
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<!-- header.jsp -->
<header>
<h1>Welcome to my website</h1>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/about">About</a></li>
<li><a href="/contact">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
Then, in each of your other JSP pages, you can include this common code using the include directive like this:
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<!-- otherpage.jsp -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>My Other Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<%@ include file="header.jsp" %>
<h2>This is my other page's content</h2>
<!-- rest of other page content goes here -->
</body>
</html>
Note that the include directive is used to include the "header.jsp" file in the "otherpage.jsp" file. The code in "header.jsp" will be added at the position where the include directive is placed. So in this case, the header code will be added at the top of the "otherpage.jsp" file.
This way, you can reuse the common code in multiple pages without having to copy and paste it into each JSP file.
display the content about music using jsp
To display the content about music using JSP, you can create a JSP page and write HTML and JSP code to display the music content.
Here is an example code:
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<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"
pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Music Content</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Music Content</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/">YouTube Music</a></li>
<li><a href="https://music.apple.com/">Apple Music</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/browse/featured">Spotify</a></li>
<li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/">SoundCloud</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
This code creates a basic HTML page with a title, a heading, and a list of links to popular music platforms. You can customize the code to include your own music content, such as album artwork or song samples.
Note that JSP is a server-side technology that allows you to dynamically generate HTML content based on user requests. If you want to display music content that is stored in a database or external API, you'll need to use Java code to retrieve the data and display it on the JSP page using JSTL or other JSP tags.
