Question

I am creating a web application using Netbeans and servlets. I have used some css into my pages. Is there a way how I can put the banner and menu which every servlet will have in one place so I do not need to rewrite this in every servlet?

Thank you

Answer 1

With facelets this would be cake. Since you are using servlets, try making a base Servlet class that just contains the header, menu, etc. code.

Then, have each child override, say, getBody:

Here is the parent (pseudocode):

class Template extends HttpServlet {     doGet()     {         write getHeader();         write getMenu();         write getBody();     } }  class SamplePage extends Template {     getBody()     {         //put body HTML here     } } 

Then each child will be templated by Template.