A convenient, but not complete, reference for JSPs TableOfContents
Other References
[http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/tags/11/tags11.html Sun's JSP Syntax Reference]
[http://www.jadecove.com/jstl-quick-reference.pdf Jade Cove JSTL Quick Reference] (13-page pdf) by Bill Siggelkow
[http://www.manning-source.com/books/bayern/bayern_apxA.pdf JSTL Reference] (20-page pdf) by Shawn Bayern, from JSTL in Action (1930110529)
[http://www.phptr.com/articles/article.asp?p=30946&rl=1 The JSTL Expression Language] by David M. Geary, from Core JSTL: Mastering the JSP Standard Tag Library (0131001531)
Includes
Include directive http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/tags/11/syntaxref11.fm6.html
<%@ include file="filename.jspf" %>
includes jsp fragment textually at translation (to servlet) time.
Include action http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/tags/11/syntaxref11.fm11.html
<jsp:include page="page.jsp" flush="true" />
dynamically includes at runtime.
JSTL import http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/jstl/1.1/docs/tlddocs/c/import.html
<c:import url="./copyright.html"/> <c:import url="http://www.somewhere.com/hello.xml"/>
dynamically includes from anywhere at runtime.
Writing a value
Expressions http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/tags/11/syntaxref11.fm4.html
<%= stringBean %> <%= objectBean.someMethod() %>
Jakarta struts bean tag http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/struts-bean.html
<bean:write name="someBean" property="propertyName" /> <!-- write the property itself --> <bean:message name="someBean" property="propertyName" /> <!-- write the value from the --> <!-- message bundle, using the --> <!-- property as the key -->