You can either plug JSTL in if you are using a Version 2.3 servlet container (e.g. Tomcat 4) or you can use a Version 2.4 Servlet Container which comes with it (e.g. Tomcat 5)
If you need to plug it in, download JSTL version 1 from Jakarta Taglibs - installation instructions included. If you want to know more about JSTL: Specification: http://www.jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr052/index.html Sun Page: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/jstl/ Sun Tutorial: http://java.sun.com/webservices/docs/1.0/tutorial/doc/JSTL.html#74644 Java World Article http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-02-2003/jw-0228-jstl.html OnJava: http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/11/05/jsp.html IBM JSTL Primer (4 Parts): http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jstl0211.html http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jstl0318/ http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jstl0415/ http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jstl0520/ Niall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean A. Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 6:38 PM Subject: upgrading to jstl > I have been using struts 1.1 for a couple > of months now, and want to make sure I > am using best practices. Most of my > education has come from Struts in Action > and Programming Jakarta Struts, and this > mailing list. It appears that I should shift to > using the JSTL tags in preference to various > struts tags. Is there a write up somewhere on > how to go about it? For example, based on > my book learning, I embraced using message > resources. So, in my JSP files I'll make reference > to <bean:message key="login.title"/> and maybe > in my tiles-defs.xml file I'll have a line like, > <put name="title" value="forgotPassword.heading"/> > How *should* I do this? Also, what about other > struts tags, like logic:notPresent, etc., etc. > > Is there an upgrade HOWTO someplace? > When I need to use struts tags, should they be the > EL versions? > > Dean Hoover > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
