Include the content of a file in JSP

Question

Hi,

I would like to include the content of a file inside an JSP page. Usually, I would use something like:

<jsp:include page="<%= path_to_file %>" />

However, this will not work here since the file I am trying to include is outside the web deployment.

The ugliest solution I've seen is something like this:

<td>
<% BufferedReader  br =  new BufferedReader(new FileReader(new File(path_to_file)));
   String line = br.readLine();
   while (line != null) { %>
     <% out.println(line); %>
     <% line = br.readLine(); } %>
</td>
<% } catch (IOException e) { %>
<td>
  <%= e %>
</td>
<% } %>

But I really don't want to do this.

Thanks

Answer 1

You could include a symbolic path in your distribution to point to your external path.