Write your own tag
// Sample tld file <!DOCTYPE taglib PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JSP Tag Library 1.2//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-jsptaglibrary_1_2.dtd"> <!-- a tab library descriptor --> <taglib xmlns="http://java.sun.com/JSP/TagLibraryDescriptor"> <tlib-version>1.0</tlib-version> <jsp-version>1.2</jsp-version> <short-name>Mark's Simple Tags</short-name> <tag> <name>HelloWorldTag</name> <tag-class>test.HelloWorldTag</tag-class> <body-content>empty</body-content> </tag> </taglib> // Sample JSP file <%@ taglib uri='webapp/META-INF/simple.tld' prefix='hw' %> <html> <body> <hw:HelloWorldTag /> </body> </html> // Sample Java file package test; import javax.servlet.http.*; import javax.servlet.jsp.*; import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.*; import java.util.*; public class HelloWorldTag extends TagSupport { public int doStartTag() throws JspException { try { JspWriter out = pageContext.getOut(); HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse)pageContext.getResponse(); out.write("Hello world!"); } catch(Exception e) { throw new JspException(e.getMessage()); } return EVAL_PAGE; } }