Use and share a class in JSP pages

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I have a class

public class Hello {
public String say() {
return "Hello";
}
}

and I need to use it in many JSP pages using

<%= say() %>

They are many to achieve that goal :

# Create a Java class with the method in it, compile it, and deploy the resulting .class file(s) in your webapp's WEB-INF/class directory.

<%
Hello h = new Hello();
out.print(h.say());
%>

# Create a JAR file containing the .class file(s) and deploy the resulting JAR file via your webapp's WEB-INF/lib directory.

<%
Hello h = new Hello();
out.print(h.say());
%>

# Create a tag library for it, deploy it via the webapp's WEB-INF/tld directory.

TAG source code

TAG source code :

package test;

import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.jsp.*;
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.*;

public class HelloTag extends TagSupport {
public int doStartTag() throws JspException
{
try {
pageContext.getOut().println("Hello");
} catch (IOException e) {
}

return SKIP_BODY;
}
}

the resulting class should go in the WEB-INF/class directory.

TLD configuration (in the WEB-INF/tlds as hello.tld)

<taglib>
<tag>
<name>hello</name>
<tagclass>test.HelloTag</tagclass>
</tag>
</taglib>

and to use the tag

<%@ taglib prefix="ht" uri="WEB-INF/tlds/hello.tld" %>
...
<ht:hello/>

# Create the desired method at the top of the page and copy it from page to page

<%!
public static String say() {
return "Hello";
}
%>

# Create an "include file" (say hello.inc), place the method noted above in it, and include it at the top of each JSP page

<%@ include file="hello.inc" %>