Defining Tiles

• Associate a tile name with a JSP that encapsulates reusable layout

• Name attributes of the tile that associate included content in the layout

Tiles are defined in WEB-INF/tiles.xml with the definition tag. Example:

   <definition name="book" path="/headerMenuContentLayout.jsp">
       <put name="header" value="/bookHeader.jsp"/>
       <put name="menu" value="/bookMenu.jsp"/>
       <put name="content" value="/bookContent.jsp"/>
   </definition>

bookHeader.jsp, bookMenu.jsp, bookContent.jsp are the same as before.

headerMenuContentLayout.jsp (shown later) defines the reusable layout.