title: Better alternative to Apache Tiles
body: <p>I'm looking for a framework that is better and easier to use than Apache Tiles (which so far, I have used a couple of times).</p>
  
  <p>With Tiles, it seems that when I have 100 actions I need to creates 100 jsp files and create 100 definitions in <code>tiles.xml</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a better framework to manage my templates? I want to create, for example, 2 templates:</p>
  
  <p>a) menu and column for content<br>
  b) menu, column for content, right column with banner</p>
  
  <p>In both templates the menu is constant. In <code>template b</code>, the right column is constant, so only  the content column is different. For this simple example I <strong><em>don't want to</em></strong> define each JSP file that extends the <code>template a</code> (just to provide a body). Thats lame imo. Or maybe I`m lame and I can define a DEFAULT template in Apache Tiles and I'm just not using it right. In anycase, all help appreciated.</p>