Passing variable to jsp:include is not working

Question

I have a jsp file with the following

<c:forEach var="node" items="${tree.children}">
  <c:set var="currentNode" value="${node}" scope="request"/>
  <c:out value="${currentNode.displayName}" />
  <jsp:include page="currentNode.jsp"/>
  <br/>
</c:forEach>

with currentNode.jsp containing, at the moment, only

X<c:out value="${currentNode.displayName}" />Y

The variable currentNode should be available in the included jsp file. For example, see this question.

But even this simple example is not working. I am getting the following output

Node 1 XY
Node 2 XY
Node 3 XY

Where I was expecting

Node 1 XNode 1Y
Node 2 XNode 1Y
Node 3 XNode 1Y

What am I missing to make this work?

What container impl/version? What if you just use `` the usual way? — BalusC, Jul 20 '12 at 14:50
Have you checked the generated HTML code? How does it look like. My bet is that you forgot to declare the core taglib in your included JSP. — JB Nizet, Jul 20 '12 at 14:54
@JBNizet You are exactly correct. The parameter was being passed but I did not have the core taglib defined. My c:out was being added to the page literally, not interpreted. — Dave Isaacs, Jul 20 '12 at 15:02

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 20 '12 at 15:21

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My bet is that you forgot to declare the core taglib in your included JSP. The <c:out> tags will thus be sent as is to the output, and the browser will ignore them. Check the generated HTML code.

answered Jul 20 '12 at 15:21

JB Nizet

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