How to Include a JSP Fragment into a JSP Page while forwading from Servlet?

First, Please suggest me if my question heading is not correct.

Moving on to question: Say I am having below components:

search.jsp - A JSP Page with a Form to Submit Data

Search.java - A controller Servlet having both get() and post() defined separately so that it can acts as a dispatcher for path /search.jsp

searchResults.jspf - A Fragment with some JSTL code to show up the Search Results

What I want here is for every POST request the controller servlet has to do its calculation, set results as Request Attributes and than - forward the request to the view search.jsp that should include the Fragment after its own codes.

So that, I can have a View Defined in such a way as:

search.jsp
+
searchResults.jspf

on a single page.

Problem is, I can either do Forward or Include with the dispatcher as I don't know how can i Include a fragment while forwarding to a JSP into it.

Let me know if I need to post some code if necessary, or need any corrections.

Solution

In your search.jsp embed your searchResult.jsp using jsp:include:

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

Exemple: 1. The servlet:

@WebServlet(name = "Servlet", urlPatterns = "/myForwardTest")
public class Servlet extends HttpServlet {

    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
        request.getRequestDispatcher("search.jsp").forward(request, response);
    }

    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
          doPost(request, response);
    }
 }

search.jsp:

<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" language="java" %>
<html>
<head>
   <title>In search resust</title>
</head>
<body>
 Search.jsp embed searchResult.jsp
<jsp:include page="searchResult.jsp" />
</body>
</html>

searchResult.jsp

<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" language="java" %>
<body>
  in searchResult
</body>
</html>