JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Library)

✔ JSTL CHAPTERS:-

JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Library)
JSTL Core Tags
JSTL Formatting Tags
JSTL Functions
Custom Tags With Body
Custom Tags With Attributes
JSP Interview Questions

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

Types of JSTL tags:

1. 1. JSTL Core Tags
2. 2. JSTL Formatting tags
3. 3. JSTL SQL tags
4. 4. JSTL XML tags
5. 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” %>