include GWT in jsp

Question

I need to include a GWT file into JSP page.

The GWT resource is the form of :

GWTPage.jsp#browser-based_bookmark

I've tried using jsp:include and RequestDispatcher, for jsp-include, it says resrouce not found, and for RequestDispatcher, it returns null

Answer 1

GWT runs on the client-side, so you cannot include GWTPage.jsp~browser-based_bookmark, as the #browser-based_bookmark is a client-side thing.

You have to include the GWT app in your JSP (either include some other JSP containing it, or simply the <script> pointing to your *.nocache.js file). If you have to pass some state to the GWT app, use other means, such as global JS variables that can be read using JSNI or Dictionary.

See http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/articles/dynamic_host_page.html