get a jsp variable in an included jsp page

Question

I am working on a project and I need to be able to access a variable from an included jsp page. Each of my jsp pages include the header, footer and a variable like so;

<jsp:include page="header.jsp"></jsp:include>
<c:set var="myVariable" value="hello" />

<!-- content -->

<jsp:include page="footer.jsp"></jsp:include>

I have written a javascript function which uses this variable, for now lets just say:

console.log( '<c:out value="${myVariable}"/>' );

Now when this line is beneath the footer include page it works perfectly. However, I do not want to have my javascript code at the bottom of every page - it quickly becomes unmanageable and messy. Is there a way I can access this variable in the same way, but from within the footer.jsp page.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '13 at 08:57

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try changing scope

<c:set var="myVariable" value="hello" scope="session"/>

answered Oct 17 '13 at 08:57

Pankaj Sharma

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Super, I never knew about this attribute. Cheers – Patrick Oct 17 '13 at 09:03
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you may also use request as in scope="request" http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16619015/passing-data-to-jspinclude-via-cset – melc Oct 17 '13 at 09:05

get a jsp variable in an included jsp page

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