Using Struts/JSP template from within a class/batch process

["Crawford, Preston" <Pr...@acs-inc.com>]

We have a need to generate a run of HTML files, like a letter or print
batch. We also need to be able to (in real time), generate said
reports/letters. Our infrastructure is Struts, so my lean is to create a
struts page with a JSP template for the on-demand letters and reports. The
question is what to do about the batch, then? I can picture ways to do this
such as doing an HTTP request and hitting the action, retrieving the HTML
and sending that to the printwriter. I was wondering, though, if anyone had
done something similar and had come up with a more elegant solution. The
coder that came before me actually started this part of the project by
generating HTML from a Java class. Now I'm taking over for his work and
being told to do the on-demand side. I would like to get the generated HTML
out of this monster class with a giant stringbuffer and have one JSP
template handle the formatting. I just can't come up with the proper way for
the batch process/java class to make use of said template.
 
Preston
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