How to output HTML from JSP <%! … %> block?

Question

I just started learning JSP technology, and came across a wall.

How do you output HTML from a method in <%! ... %> JSP declaration block?

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Answer 1

I suppose this would help:

<%! 
   String someOutput() {
     return "Some Output";
  }
%>
...
<%= someOutput() %>

Anyway, it isn't a good idea to have code in a view.