not able to include .js file in my jsp page

Question

This is my file under WEB-INF/jsp folders:

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
        pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
    <html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
    <title>jQuery Hello World</title>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="/WEB-INF/static/jquery-1.4.2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){

        $("#flag").html("Hello World !! I have come from J Query World");
    });


    </script>

    <body>

    <font color="RED"> Hello World !! I have come from plain world</font>
    <font color="BLUE"> <div id="flag"></div></font>
    </body>
    </html>

and my jquery file is under WEB-INF/static what should i do so that my code works properly , i think path of .js file is causing the prob.

What (if any) error messages do you seen in the developer console of your favorite browser? — Stephen Thomas, Jan 18 '14 at 21:22
Why are you writing new code with jQuery 1.4.2? It's ancient in jQuery terms. For that matter, why are you using ISO-8859-1 this century? Or the `` element? — Quentin, Jan 18 '14 at 21:24
Your HTML is invalid, use a [validator](http://validator.w3.org). — Quentin, Jan 18 '14 at 21:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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WEB-INF is where you keep private files for your application that should not be accessible to the client.

Move your JS to somewhere accessible.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Jan 18 '14 at 21:23

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Problem is am not able to use jquery in jsp file.it is not working even after moving it in WebRoot. – iSmilingBuddha Jan 19 '14 at 06:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '14 at 21:27

The question is where is your jsp file.

As you said your jsp's path is : WEB-INF/jsp

So your js path should be this: src="../static/jquery-1.4.2.js"

Try this and i believe it will work. If it will not then try src="../WEB-INF/static/jquery-1.4.2.js", otherwise add a comment with your new state.

not able to include .js file in my jsp page

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