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    copied!<p>I have built two web applications lets call them App1 and App2.</p> <p>App1 has multiple pages (Page1.jsp and Page2.jsp). App1 is a standalone application which has a menu which links to the two pages.</p> <p>App2 has multiple pages (Page3.jsp and Page4.jsp). App2 is also a standalone application which has a menu which links to the two pages.</p> <p>Now I would like to combine App1 and App2 into a super-application without modifying App1 or App2. This super-application should have a menu which links to App1/Page1.jsp, App1/Page2.jsp, App2/Page3.jsp, and App2/Page4.jsp.</p> <p>I think of a couple of approaches to doing this:</p> <p><strong>Solution 1: Frames</strong></p> <p>I can create a menu frame which has a menu which links to the pages of App1 and App2.</p> <p>I can have a seperate frame which is used to display the content for App1 and App2.</p> <p>However, I am not keen to use frames (<a href="http://www.html-faq.com/htmlframes/?framesareevil" rel="nofollow">http://www.html-faq.com/htmlframes/?framesareevil</a>).</p> <p><strong>Solution 2: Dynamically build the menu based on URL parameter</strong></p> <p>Super application can have a div-based menu which links to App1 and App2. It can pass a parameter on the URL, e.g. App1/Page1.jsp?parent=SuperApp.</p> <p>App1 and App2 can dynamically build a menu based on the parent parameter.</p> <p>For example, if the parent parameter is not present then App1 will use its normal menu which links to Page1.jsp and Page2.jsp.</p> <p>However, if the parent parameter is present then App1 will use the SuperApp menu (SuperApp/header.html) - it will dynamically include this HTML in the JSP page. This SuperApp menu will link to all the pages provided in App1 and App2.</p> <p>This second solution will work without using frames, but I wanted to explore if there are other solutions I haven't considered?</p>
 

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