Overview of JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Libraries)

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∟Overview of JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Libraries)

This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Libraries) introduction. Topics include what is JSTL; installing JSTL 1.2 API and GlassFish implementation on Tomcat 7 server; using JSTL tags in JSP pages.

What is JSTL

Installing GlassFish JSTL on Tomcat

"Hello world!" with JSTL

JSTL in XML Style JSP Pages

General Syntax of JSTL Tags

NoClassDefFoundError - LoopTag/ForEachTag

Installing JSTL 1.2 API JAR File

JSTL Example - Loop Tag on Map Objects

Conclusions:

JSTL is a standard that defines a collection of JSP custom tags.
The current version of JSTL is 1.2, which is implemented by the Oracle GlassFish project.
JSTL 1.2 defines 5 libraries: core, xml, fmt, sql, and fn.