The Example JSP Pages
This chapter illustrates JSTL using excerpts from the JSP version of the Duke's Bookstore application discussed in Chapter 12. Here, they are rewritten to replace the JavaBeans component database access object with direct calls to the database via the JSTL SQL tags. For most applications, it is better to encapsulate calls to a database in a bean. JSTL includes SQL tags for situations where a new application is being prototyped and the overhead of creating a bean may not be warranted.
The source for the Duke's Bookstore application is located in the <INSTALL>/j2eetutorial14/examples/web/bookstore4/ directory created when you unzip the tutorial bundle (see About the Examples, page xl). A sample bookstore4.war is provided in ...
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