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Asked: 2026-05-11T03:42:49+00:00

Coming from a background in Django, I often use template inheritance, where multiple templates

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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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  1. You’ll probably want to look into Tiles.

    EDIT: On a related note to tiles, you might want to look into Struts. It’s not what you’re looking for (that’s tiles), but it is useful for someone coming from Django.

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