JSP template inheritance
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        Published on 2009-01-29T03:29:47Z
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Coming from a background in Django, I often use "template inheritance", where multiple templates inherit from a common base. Is there an easy way to do this in JSP? If not, is there an alternative to JSP that does this (besides Django on Jython that is :)
base template
<html>
  <body>
    {% block content %}
    {% endblock %}
  </body>
<html>
basic content
{% extends "base template" %}
{% block content %}
<h1>{{ content.title }} <-- Fills in a variable</h1>
{{ content.body }} <-- Fills in another variable
{% endblock %}
Will render as follows (assuming that conten.title is "Insert Title Here", and content.body is "Insert Body Here")
<html>
  <body>
    <h1>Insert title Here <-- Fills in a variable</h1>
    Insert Body Here <-- Fills in another variable
  </body>
<html>
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