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

A simple alternative would be the following:

<%!
    String myVariable = "Test";
    pageContext.setAttribute("myVariable", myVariable);
%>


${myVariable}

The you could simply use the variable in any way within the jsp code