Because layout undergoes many changes over the course of development, it's important to encapsulate that functionality so it can be modified with minimal impact to the rest of the application. In fact, layout managers demonstrate an example of one of the tenets of object-oriented design: encapsulate the concept that varies, which is also a fundamental theme for many design patterns.
JSP does not provide direct support for encapsulating layout, so Webpages with identical formats usually replicate layout code; for example, Figure 1 shows a Webpage containing header, footer, sidebar, and main content sections.
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