[thelist] JSP help please [more]

[Tom Dell'Aringa]

--- Marcus Andersson <marcan at home.se> wrote:
> <!-- You can put common alternatives here... -->
> 
>   <ul id="nav">
>     <li id="nav-index"><a href="/index.jsp">Home</a></li>
>     [etc, etc]
>   </ul>
> 
> <!-- Then our conditional navigation stuff enters ... -->  
> <%
>   String path = request.getServletPath();
>   
>   if(path.equals("/report/report.html")) {
>     %>
>     <ul id="subnav-plan">
>       <li id="nav-index"><a href="/index.jsp">plan</a></li>
>       [etc, etc]
>     </ul>   
>     <% 
>   }
>   else if(path== "/plan/plan.jsp") {
>     %>
>     <ul id="subnav-plan">
>       <li id="nav-index"><a href="/index.jsp">report</a></li>
>       [etc, etc]
>     </ul>
>     <%
>   }
>   // more else if clauses...  
> %>

Ok, this is working fine but I've realized it might not be what I
need. Reason being - take the "plan" section for example. Not only do
I need the "subnav-plan" subnav to show up when plan.jsp loads, but
also EVERY OTHER page in that section must have it as well.

Right now this includes 6 pages, but could be more. Isn't there some
way I can set some kind of variable based on the section that could
be read instead of the page?

Tom


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