I have in file index.htt this ode:

<%
try { 
albumImage= IO.urlEncode(currentFolder.getThumbnailPath());
albumImage= albumImage.replace("thumbs","slides");
} // to prevent crash with an empty folder:
catch (NullPointerException e) { albumImage="";} 
%>

I use the variable albumImage in file File page-header.inc:

<ja:if test="<%= !isEmpty(albumImage) %>">
<meta property="og:image" content="${albumImageURL}">
</ja:if>

This works fine with BSH, but with Groovy I get an error:

se.datadosen.util.ScriptException: groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property:
 albumImage for class: Script494 in page-header.inc at line number 42

This error disappears if I repeat the first code block in file page-header.inc

So I wonder is the processing order of the files in Groovy differently as with BeanShell?

How should I solve this, without repeating code?

Good