Mattias Jiderhamn wrote:
>
> Hans Bergsten wrote
> > You're right about not mixing expressions with static strings, but
> > what you suggest still doesn't work. The reason is that the
> > file attribute of the include directive doesn't accept expression
> > values.
>
> I was a little bit puzzled that you, Hans, didn't mention this in your
> first reply. But since I haven't tried (and I know you are more
> experienced than me) I thought I might be wrong.
Sorry, I should have mentioned the problem with expressions as well.
> In the original post Kevin Duffey wrote:
> > I use compile-time includes instead of run-time.
>
> To me it seems obvious you can't use dynamic strings for compile time
> parameters. It would be like
> String myPackage = "java.io.*";
> import myPackage;
>
> (Right?)
Right. When you use the include directive (as opposed to the include
action), the included file is merged into the original file during
the translation to a servlet. Hence, the file name must be known at
compile time, so request time data is not supported.
Hans
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