This might be a very newbie question, but I didn't find anything satisfying
I want to do somethign like this in JSP (out of the box preferably):
e.g. in a file called products.jsp an imaginary implementation that explains what I want
<x:named-segment name="product">
Product: <strong>${product.name}</strong> <br/>
price: ${product.price}
</x:named-segment>
and later on use this in various location in the same JSP it is defined
<table>
<c:forEach var="product" items="${products}">
<tr>
<td><x:use-segment name="product"/></td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>
</table>
I've looked into JSP tags, and JSP Fragements, but there the fragment snippet is just passed from the caller JSP to the JSP tag, and I want it to be in the same location
Is the only solution is to craete a JSP tag for that specific small snippet (or include?)
Am I missing something very basic?
If the small piece of text that you want at many places is static, I would recommend a JSP include. However, if the text is from database/Flat file/XML, I would recommend using a custom tag. From the example you've provided, it appears as though you are trying to list products and their price. This can be easily accomplished in a custom tag.
In your tag class, read the data, create a method that will create the HTML tags for the data and return as a string, print the string. Now in your JSP, invoke the custom tag wherever you need the text. Ofcourse you need to parameterize the tag to determine what to fetch/display at what place.
HTH
V