title: JSP include page doesn't work
body: <p>I have a JSP file, member.jsp which is as follows :</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;%@ page import="java.util.*" %&gt;
  &lt;jsp:include page="/html_functions.jsp" /&gt;
  
  &lt;% String heading = "Header" %&gt;
  &lt;%= formStart("a_form") %&gt;
  &lt;%= printPageHeader(heading) %&gt;
  &lt;%= startMyLi() %&gt;
  &lt;%= endLi() %&gt;
  &lt;%= formEnd() %&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and my html_functions.jsp is as follows :</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;%!
  
  public String formStart(String name) {
      String structure = "&lt;div id=\"content\"&gt;&lt;form name=\"" + name + "\" method=\"post\"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;";
      return structure;
  }//formStart
  
  public String printPageHeader(String name) {
      String structure = "&lt;li class=\"listLi\"&gt;\n&lt;h3 class=\"formHeader\"&gt;" + name + ".&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/li&gt;";
      return structure;
  }//printPageHeader
  
  public String startMyLi() {
      String structure = "&lt;li class=\"listLi\"&gt;";
      return structure;
  }//startMyLi
  
  public String endLi() {
      return ("&lt;/li&gt;");
  }//endMyLi
  
  public String displayWithSpan(String str) {
      String structure = "&lt;span class=\"labelSpan\"&gt;" + str + "&lt;/span&gt;";
      return structure;
  }//displayWithSpan
  
  public String displayInputElement(String name) {
      return("Hiiiii");
  }//displayInputElement
  
  %&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, I get an exception while calling the member.jsp file. This is the exception I get :</p>
  
  <pre><code>org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP: 
  
  An error occurred at line: xx in the jsp file: /member.jsp
  The method formStart(String) is undefined for the type add_005fmember_jsp
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Same is the case with all other methods. Where am I making the mistake ?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>