title: Java constants in JSP
body: <p>I have a class that defines the names of various constants, e.g.</p>
  
  <pre><code>class Constants {
      public static final String ATTR_CURRENT_USER = "current.user";
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I would like to use these constants within a JSP <strong>without</strong> using Scriptlet code such as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;%@ page import="com.example.Constants" %&gt;
  &lt;%= Constants.ATTR_CURRENT_USER %&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>There appears to be a tag in the Apache <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/sandbox/doc/unstandard-doc/index.html#useConstants" rel="noreferrer">unstandard</a> taglib that provides this functionality. However, I cannot find any way to download this taglib. I'm beginning to wonder if it's been deprecated and the functionality has been moved to another (Apache) tag library?</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know where I can get this library, or if it's not available, if there's some other way I can access constants in a JSP without using scriptlet code?</p>
  
  <p>Cheers,
  Don</p>