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Servlets and JavaServer Pages™: The J2EE™ Technology Web Tier
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Servlets and JavaServer Pages™: The J2EE™ Technology Web Tier

by Jayson Falkner, Kevin Jones
September 2003
Intermediate to advanced
784 pages
18h 4m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 6. JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library

Custom tag libraries are one of the most helpful tools available to a JSP developer; however, the set of tags defined by the JSP specification, known as “standard actions”, does leave something to be desired. The JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL) is a complementary specification to J2EE that defines an extended set of standard JSP tags. The tags are based upon common uses of custom actions and include tags commonly found with popular frameworks and containers.

This chapter discusses the following topics:

  • An introduction to the current official JSTL specification.

  • Why you should consider using the JSTL.

  • How to install the JSTL 1.0 reference implementation API.

  • Detailed coverage of the various ...

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