Are there any better ways to use constants in a JSP than:
<%@ page import="static package.Interface.NAME"%>
Is there any downside to using these (outside of mixing code/content)?
Thanks!
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Yes, there is.
Create a bean with getters that expose constants and set in an HttpRequest in <filter>.
Then you can use JSTL to get to these constants.
You nailed the downside of the original approach.
Alexander Pogrebnyak
2010-03-27 14:30:15
Since **constants** are applicationwide, I'd just put it once in application scope during webapp's startup using a `ServletContextListener` or whatever application hook the MVC framework in question provides, if any used.
BalusC
2010-03-28 00:35:41
@BalusC: This is even better idea.
Alexander Pogrebnyak
2010-03-28 15:11:34