Jakarta Standard Tag Library

JSTL was developed under the Java Community Process (JCP) as Java Specification Request (JSR) 52. On May 8, 2006, JSTL 1.2 was released, followed by JSTL 1.2.1 on Dec 7, 2011.

In addition to JSTL, the JCP has the following JSRs to develop standard JSP tag libraries:

• JSR 128: JESI – JSP Tag Library for Edge Side Includes (inactive)
• JSR 267: JSP Tag Library for Web Services

JSTL provides an effective way to embed logic within a JSP page without using embedded Java code directly. The use of a standardized tag set, rather than breaking in and out of Java code, leads to more maintainable code and enables separation of concerns between the development of the application code and user interface.

There are a total of six JSTL Tag Library Descriptors:

• Core library. E.g.
  1. ↑ "Maven Central Repository Search".
  2. ↑ Murach & Urban 2014, pp. 282–283, §2 Essential servlet and JSP skills - How to use the if tag.
  3. ↑ "JSTL SQL (TLDDoc Generated Documentation)".
  4. ↑ "Javax.servlet.JSP.JSTL.TLV (Java EE 6 )".
  5. ↑ Murach & Urban 2014, pp. 310–311, §2 Essential servlet and JSP skills - The tag element.
  6. 1 2 3 Murach & Urban 2014, pp. 178, §2 Essential servlet and JSP skills - How to enable the core JSTL library.
  7. 1 2 Murach & Urban 2014, pp. 270–273, §9 How to use JSTL.

  References

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  • JakartaEE JSTL specification
  • JSTL TLDDocs
  • JSR 52 (JSTL 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2)
  • Jakarta Standard Taglib 1.1, an implementation of JSTL (retired)
  • Apache Standard Taglib an implementation of the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) specification
  • JSTL 1.0 Referenz (German) Archived 2019-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  • JSTL 1.2 home page Archived 2016-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
  • Official Tutorial: The Java EE 5 Tutorial, Chapter 7, JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library
  • JSTL 1.1 References
  • JSF 2.1 Facelets Tag Library Documentation
  • OWASP ESAPI Tags (as JSTL does not offer any tags for website security)
  Jakarta EE specifications