Using the JSTL

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Note that this feature might not be included in your version of the IDE. If your version of the IDE does not have the JSP Standard Tag Library (standard.jar) in the Tag Repository, you can use the appserv-jstl.jar file from the lib directory in your installation of the J2EE SDK 1.4. This JAR file is a combination of the standard.jar tag library and the jstl.jar tag library. You can also download the JSTL tag library from http://jakarta.apache.org. See Using the Tag Library Repository for information on how to add the tag library to the tag library repository.

The IDE provides access to the JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Library), which is a set of compatible tag libraries that you can use in your JSP pages. The JSTL supports iteration, control-flow, text inclusion, and formatting features, as well as XML manipulation capabilities. The JSTL also supports an expression language to simplify page development, as well as extensibility mechanisms that allow you to integrate your own custom tags with JSTL tags.

See http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/standard-doc/GettingStarted.html for a complete description of the JSTL, including documentation and tutorials.

To use the JSTL libraries in a web module, you must add the standard.jar file, and other JSTL JAR files as required, to the WEB-INF/lib directory of the web module. See Adding a Tag Library to a Web Module for more information on how to add a tag library using the Tag Library Repository.

tip  When the JSTL tag library exists in the web module's WEB-INF/lib directory, the library is mounted as a JAR file, and the JSP file has page directives with URIs for the parts of the library that you are using, the Source Editor provides code completion for this library.

 

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Using Tag Libraries
Using Tags in JSP Files

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