JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Library)

JSTL stands for JSP Standard Tag Library. It provides the no. of tags used for iteration, condition checking, manipulating XML documents etc.

Advantages of JSTL:

1. Code reusability.
2. Scriplet tags are not needed.

Types of JSTL tags:

1. JSTL Core Tags
2. JSTL Formatting tags
3. JSTL SQL tags
4. JSTL XML tags
5. JSTL Functions

 

1. JSTL Core Tags: These tags are used for iteration, condition checking, URL management etc. Core tags are most commonly used.

Syntax: <%@ taglib uri=”http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core” prefix=”c”%>

2. JSTL Formatting tags: These tags are used for formatting the text, date, numbers etc.

Syntax: <%@ taglib uri=”http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt” prefix=”fmt”%>

3. SQL tags: Theses tags are used for interacting with databases like Oracle, MySQL etc.

Syntax: <%@ taglib uri=”http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql” prefix=”sql”%>

4. XML tags: These tags are used forcreating and manipulating XML documents.

Syntax: <%@ taglib uri=”http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml” prefix=”x”%>

5. JSTL Functions: These function tags are mainly used for manipulating strings.

Syntax: <%@ taglib uri=”http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions” prefix=”fn” %>

JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Library) tutorial:

• JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Library) with example.
• JSTL Core Tags with example.
• JSTL c:out Core Tag with example.
• JSTL c:set Core Tag with example.
• JSTL c:remove Core Tag with example.
• JSTL c:catch Core Tag with example.
• JSTL c:if Core Tag with example.
• JSTL c:choose , c:when and c:otherwise Core Tags with example.
• JSTL c:import Core Tag with example.
• JSTL c:forEach Core Tag with example.
• JSTL c:forTokens Core Tag with example.
• JSTL c:url Core Tag with example.
• JSTL c:param Core Tag with example.
• JSTL c:redirect Core Tag with example.
• JSTL Formatting Tags with example.
• JSTL fmt:formatNumber Formatting Tag with example.
• JSTL fmt:parseNumber Formatting Tag with example.
• JSTL fmt:formatDate Formatting Tag with example.
• JSTL fmt:parseDate Formatting Tag with example.
• JSTL fmt:bundle Formatting Tag with example.
• JSTL fmt:setBundle Formatting Tag with example.
• JSTL fmt:setLocale Formatting Tag with example.
• JSTL fmt:timeZone Formatting Tag with example.
• JSTL fmt:setTimeZone Formatting Tag with example.
• JSTL fmt:requestEncoding Formatting Tag with example.
• JSTL Functions with example.
• JSTL fn:contains() function with example.
• JSTL fn:containsIgnoreCase() function with example.
• JSTL fn:startsWith() function with example.
• JSTL fn:endsWith() function with example.
• JSTL fn:escapeXml() function with example.
• JSTL fn:indexOf() function with example.
• JSTL fn:join() and fn:split() function with example.
• JSTL fn:length() function with example.
• JSTL fn:replace() function with example.
• JSTL fn:subString() function with example.
• JSTL fn:subStringAfter() function with example.
• JSTL fn:subStringBefore() function with example.
• JSTL fn:toLowerCase() function with example.
• JSTL fn:toUpperCase() function with example.>/br>
• JSTL fn:trim() function with example.

Custom tags tutorial:

• Steps to create Custom tags with body in jsp with example.
• Custom tag with attributes.