java - What is the most elegant way to hook global variable into JSP (Spring) -


i newbie spring, need simple advice. have footer prints today's date. @ moment use code:

<%@ page import="com.walladverts.helpers.datehelper" %> today <%=datehelper.today()%> 

datehelper class returns string, know not elegant use scriplets , mixing logic in view.

what need add hook add variable every jsp page in every action in spring?

i using jstl.

use header

<%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %> 

get today's date

 <jsp:usebean id="today" class="java.util.date"/>  

and print using formatter

<fmt:formatdate value="${today}" datestyle="long"/> 

it print april 18, 2013

here documentation tag formatdate


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