Including a servlet in a JSP file

Question

I started a Dynamic Web project in Eclipse and the Automatically generated directory is:

Java Resources
|-src
|  |-myPackage
|     |-.java files
|-libraries
Build
Web Content
|-META-INF
|-WEB-INF
|-index.jsp

In my index.jsp file I include a servlet:

<jsp:include page="ServletName" flush="true">

that is a java file placed under JavaResources/src/myPackage, but i get an error because that file is supposed to be placed under Web Content. How can I change the expected path? Thank you.

Is the servlet configured in web.xml? – Grim Oct 01 '13 at 14:38 — Grim, Oct 01 '13 at 14:38
no but I used the @webservlet annotation – Francesco Setragno Oct 01 '13 at 15:00 — Francesco Setragno, Oct 01 '13 at 15:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '13 at 14:42

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The page attribute is supposed to be the path of a resource of your webapp. A resource can be a static resource, a JSP, or the path of a servlet of your webapp. It has nothing to do with the name of the java file of your servlet. See http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/1.3/tutorial/doc/JSPIntro8.html.

So, if your servlet is mapped to /foo (thanks to the @WebServlet annotation, or to the servlet-mapping element in the web.xml), then you should use /foo as the value of he page attribute.

answered Oct 01 '13 at 14:42

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Thanks for your answer. I don't have a web.xml file but I have the annotation @WebServlet. I use it as value but i get that error. – Francesco Setragno Oct 01 '13 at 14:49
I solved the problem changing the error to a warning, then the class is found using the annotation. – Francesco Setragno Oct 01 '13 at 15:08

Including a servlet in a JSP file

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