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

You can do something like this:

<%!
String myMethod(String input) {
    return "test " + input;
}
%>

<%= myMethod("1 2 3") %>

This will output test 1 2 3 to the page.