Java Web Services Architecture

Appendix {B}

JSTL

The Java Server Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL) provides several tag libraries that offer a set of standardized JSP custom actions that can be included in pages. This includes tasks such as conditional processing, internationalization, database access, and XML processing. Developers can use this functionality to dramatically reduce development time and scripting elements in their pages. JSTL, like all other Java specifications, has been developed by the community under the JCP as JSR-52 and was finally released in July 2002. The JSTL reference implementation is included in the Java WSDP.

We assume the reader is familiar with JSPs and custom tags, both of which have many good books dedicated to them. We will not cover all ...