Using XML Tag Libraries

At the time of writing, the early-access release of the Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) has just become available. This set of tag libraries for working with JSP encapsulates much of the functionality that is common to JSP Web applications. While this Standard release has not been finalized yet, I expect the API of the two tag libraries demonstrated here to remain constant. As such, it's possible that these examples won't function correctly. If that occurs, use the documentation link found later to access current examples of the usage of these tag libraries.

The two tag libraries that are of specific use are the XSL and XTags libraries. Through the use of the XSL library, an XML document can be processed with an XSL stylesheet, ...

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