I have a JSP file that @includes two other files.
The first of the included files has a global variable declared within it.
I want to use this variable in the second included file.
It works o.k. and passes compilation but eclipse says that:
*my_var* cannot be resolved to a variable
when looking at the errors under the problems tab.
is there a way to tell eclipse that this variable can be found at the first include? or do something else to stop it from showing this as an error. (preferably in such a way that if I remove the declaration from the first include I will get the error back...)
Eclipse is not good with that, but it doesn't have to - you should not include java code in your JSPs. Instead of java variables, use request attributes and JSTL:
<c:set var="foo" value="bar" />
${foo} <!-- outputs "bar" -->