jsp ${pageContext.request.contextPath} dosent get requested

Question

Currently i have a .jsp project where my welcome page is a servlet

frontpage

The servlet sets gets two

Answer 1

This is not the way to include stuff. Use jsp:include action to include the header/footer. If for some reason you really want to do it in the servlet, see this post. As long as you just grab a resource like you do, you're reading the file like any text, there is no JSP compilation/evaluation.

Answer 2

add <%@ page isELIgnored="false" %> in top of your JSP page, to enable expression language.

and to include a JSP page with other use <jsp:include like:

<jsp:include page="/includes/nav.jsp"/>
<jsp:include page="/includes/footer.jsp"/>