On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Shawn Bayern wrote:
> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 19:36:56 -0400 (EDT) > From: Shawn Bayern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: JSTL > > Struts developers, > > I've just announced the final 1.0 release of the Standard Taglib at > Jakarta Taglibs (see announcement below). The Standard Taglib is an > implementation of the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL). > > Concerning integration between JSTL and Struts in the future, I'm happy to > coordinate with anyone who has questions about JSTL. I'm not currently on > the struts-dev mailing list, but I can join if you guys think it would be > worthwhile. Either way, feel free to contact me if you've got any > questions. > One thing I'd like to see done is to have all the Struts tags that use the "name/property/scope" pattern of attributes (for access to bean properties) also support a "var" attribute that understands the expression language syntax from JSTL. That way, page authors could start transitioning to this style while keeping the functionality of their existing Struts tags, and/or develop pages where JSTL and Struts tags can easily interoperate. It would be cool if Shawn could assist in making the EL evaluation engine (from the standard taglib) available separately -- something we've talked about on occasion -- and assisting in updating a couple of existing tags as a model. (NOTE - this is for delivery in a post-1.1 release as far as I'm concerned.) Over the longer term, I see the use of JSTL replacing pretty much all of the bean and logic taglibs in Struts -- we need to make this transition as easy as possible. > Best, > > Shawn > Craig > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 19:35:25 -0400 (EDT) > From: Shawn Bayern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ANNOUNCE] JSTL implementation available (Jakarta Taglibs) > > Struts users, > > As the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) has hit each major milestone, I've > mailed this list to notify you of its progress. Now, I have more good > news. > > JSTL 1.0 was finalized in May 2002. Today, Jakarta Taglibs released > version 1.0 of its "Standard Taglib," an implementation of JSTL. (The > implementation at Jakarta Taglibs is also the basis for Sun's reference > implementation of JSTL, which was bundled with the Web Services Developer > Pack earlier in June.) > > You can download the 1.0 release of the Standard Taglib at > > http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-taglibs/releases/standard/ > > The Standard Taglib requires JSP 1.2; it has been tested with Tomcat > 4.0.4. (Earlier versions of Tomcat may have trouble loading the JAXP 1.2 > classes included with our distribution, so I recommend using Tomcat 4.0.4. > A set of older XML files is available from the URL above if you want to > use an older version of Tomcat.) > > Please direct JSTL questions to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] > mailing list. I'm happy to answer JSTL questions personally, though for > detailed discussion, I might refer you to the list. > > For general information about JSTL, as well as a link to the formal > specification, pointers to upcoming books on JSTL, and current articles, > see > > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/jstl/ > > If you have any comments for future versions of JSTL, you can submit them > to our expert group by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Enjoy, > > -- > Shawn Bayern > JSTL reference implementation lead > Author, "JSTL in Action" http://www.manning.com/bayern (July 2002) > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
