passing a message to an included page

[pir8ped]

Hi,

Is it possible with Spring to pass a message to an included JSP page?

I have a masthead which I want to use on every page. There's a logo in the middle of the masthead, and on one side, I would like to add a message about the result of the user's action on the previous page - "Your message has been sent", "Your profile has been updated" - that sort of thing.

Can I reference a parameter like this in an included page (I have failed so far to get it to work) or will I have to go back to having the code for the masthead in every JSP? Something like this:

topRow.jsp:

<!-- Top Row -->
<table >
    <tr>
      <td><p><c&#58;out value="$&#123;actionMessage&#125;"/></p></td>
      <td><div align = "center"><img src="../images/logo.gif"></div></td>         
    </tr>
</table >
<!-- End Top Row -->

mailBox.jsp:

<%@ include file="/WEB-INF/jsp/includes/topRow.jsp" %>
Here is your mail...etc

Thanks,

John Pedersen

[jgangemi]

you could stick the messages inside the session object and then use a filter to pull them out and clear them.

check out http://equinox.dev.java.net/ for an example of this.