The include Directive

    <%@ include file="relativeURL" %>  

• Included file must be part of a web application
• Include happens before compile time, so no runtime performance loss
• A commonly used feature of JSP
• Here is a page with two include directives: content.jsp
• Here are the included files:
  • header.jsp
  • footer.jsp
• Here is the URL: http://redrock.d.umn.edu:8082/jspbook/content.jsp