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The document provides information about JSTL tags including: 1. JSTL Core Tags such as c:out, c:set, c:if etc and provides an example using these tags. 2. JSTL SQL Tags such as sql:setDataSource, sql:query, sql:update etc to perform CRUD operations on a database and an example is shown. 3. JSTL Function Tags such as fn:contains, fn:substring, fn:trim etc to manipulate strings and an example demonstrates their usage. 4. JSTL Formatting Tags such as fmt:parseNumber, fmt:formatNumber, fmt:formatDate to format numbers and dates and an example shows formatting numbers and dates

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JSTL Tags PDF

The document provides information about JSTL tags including: 1. JSTL Core Tags such as c:out, c:set, c:if etc and provides an example using these tags. 2. JSTL SQL Tags such as sql:setDataSource, sql:query, sql:update etc to perform CRUD operations on a database and an example is shown. 3. JSTL Function Tags such as fn:contains, fn:substring, fn:trim etc to manipulate strings and an example demonstrates their usage. 4. JSTL Formatting Tags such as fmt:parseNumber, fmt:formatNumber, fmt:formatDate to format numbers and dates and an example shows formatting numbers and dates

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RAGHU SIR SATHYA TECHNOLOGIES, AMEERPET

JSTL TAGS - by RAGHU SIR


1. JSTL Core Tags :
Tags Description
c:out Prints given expression, similar to the way <%=...%> tag
work.
c:set Create variable in given 'scope'.
c:remove delete variable from a particular scope.
c:if If conditional statement
c:choose, c:when, c:otherwise It is like switch case statement
c:forEach Behaves like for loop and for each loop
c:forTokens Given string separated by the supplied delimeters.
c:param It adds a parameter in a containing URL.
c:redirect It redirects the browser to a new URL.
c:url It creates a new URL with optional query parameters.
c:import Import HTML content into given variable
c:catch It is used to store any exception raised.

AllInOneExample: index.jsp

<%@page import="java.util.*"%>
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<%@taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Insert title here</title>
</head>
<body>
<c:set var="eid" value="10" scope="request"/>

<c:if test="${eid gt 0 }">


<c:out value="It's ok"/>
</c:if>

<c:choose>
<c:when test="${eid lt 0 }">
<c:out value="-ve value"/>
</c:when>
<c:when test="${eid gt 0}">

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<c:out value="+ve value"/>


</c:when>
<c:otherwise>
<c:out value="It is zero"/>
</c:otherwise>
</c:choose>

<c:forEach begin="1" end="${eid}" var="i">


<c:out value="${i}"/>
</c:forEach>

<c:remove var="eid"/>
Data is:<c:out value="${eid}"/>
<%
List<String> al=Arrays.asList("A","B","C");
request.setAttribute("list", al);
%>
<c:forEach items="${list}" var="ob">
<c:out value="${ob}"/>
</c:forEach>

<c:set value="Hi this is from sathya tech!!" var="str"/>


<c:forTokens items="${str}" delims=" " var="s">
<c:out value="${s}"/> <br/>
</c:forTokens>

<c:url var="search" value="https://www.google.co.in/search">


<c:param name="q" value="India"/>
</c:url>

<%-- <c:redirect url="${search}"/> --%>

<c:catch var="ae">
<%
int a=10/0;
%>
</c:catch>
<c:out value="${ae}"/>

<c:import url="hi.jsp"/>
</body>
</html>

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2. JSTL SQL Tags

SQL Tags Descriptions


sql:setDataSource It is used for creating a simple data source suitable only for prototyping.
sql:query It is used for executing the SQL query defined in its sql attribute or the body.
sql:update It is used for executing the SQL update defined in its sql attribute or in the tag
body.
sql:param It is used for sets the parameter in an SQL statement to the specified value.
sql:dateParam It is used for sets the parameter in an SQL statement to a specified java.util.Date
value.
sql:transaction It is used to provide the nested database action with a common connection.

AllInOneExample: index.jsp

<sql:setDataSource driver="oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver"
url="jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1522:ORCL"
user="system" password="Admin" var="ds"/>
<sql:query var="rs" dataSource="${ds}" sql="select * from empstab"/>

<c:forEach items="${rs.rows}" var="emp">


<c:out value="${emp.eid}"/>
<c:out value="${emp.ename}"/>
<c:out value="${emp.esal}"/>
<c:out value="${emp.dob}"/>
</c:forEach>

<sql:update var="count" sql="insert into empstab values(18,'D',5.5,sysdate)"


dataSource="${ds}"/>
No of rows Inserted:<c:out value="${count }"/>

<sql:update var="count" sql="delete from empstab where eid>=?" dataSource="${ds}">


<sql:param value="15"/>
</sql:update>
No of rows Deleted:<c:out value="${count }"/>

<sql:transaction dataSource="${ds}">
<sql:update sql="insert into empstab values(22,'RR',3.3,sysdate)"/>
<sql:update sql="insert into empstab values(23,'RT',3.3,sysdate)"/>
<sql:update sql="insert into empstab values(24,'RZ',3.3,sysdate)"/>
</sql:transaction>

<sql:update sql="update empstab set dob=TO_DATE('2019/10/10', 'yyyy/mm/dd')"


dataSource="${ds}"/>

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3. JSTL Function Tags :

JSTL Functions Description


fn:contains() It is used to test if an input string containing the specified substring
fn:containsIgnoreCase() It is used to test if an input string contains the specified substring as a case
insensitive way.
fn:endsWith() It is used to test if an input string ends with the specified suffix.
fn:escapeXml() It escapes the characters that would be interpreted as XML markup.
fn:indexOf() It returns an index within a string of first occurrence of a specified substring.
fn:trim() It removes the blank spaces from both the ends of a string.
fn:startsWith() It is used for checking whether the given string is started with a particular string
value.
fn:split() It splits the string into an array of substrings.
fn:toLowerCase() It converts all the characters of a string to lower case.
fn:toUpperCase() It converts all the characters of a string to upper case.
fn:substring() It returns the subset of a string according to the given start and end position.
fn:substringAfter() It returns the subset of string after a specific substring.
fn:substringBefore() It returns the subset of string before a specific substring.
fn:length() It returns the number of characters inside a string, or the number of items in a
collection.
fn:replace() It replaces all the occurrence of a string with another string sequence.

AllInOneExample: index.jsp

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"


pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<%@taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions"
%>

<html>
<body>
<pre>
<c:set value="Hello from Sathya Technologies" var="str"/>
STR: ${str }
SUB STR: ${fn:substring(str,2,7) }
SUB STR: ${fn:substringAfter(str,'from') }
SUB STR: ${fn:substringBefore(str,'Sathya') }

<c:if test="${fn:contains(str,'Sathya') }">


Hello Sathya Tech#1
</c:if>
<c:if test="${fn:containsIgnoreCase(str,'sathya') }">
Hello Sathya Tech#2
</c:if>
<c:if test="${fn:startsWith(str,'Hel') }">
Hello Sathya Tech#3
</c:if>

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<c:if test="${fn:endsWith(str,'ies') }">


Hello Sathya Tech#4
</c:if>
Index: ${fn:indexOf(str,'from') }
<c:set var="str2" value=" Hello RAM "></c:set>
LEN : ${fn:length(str2) }
<c:set var="str3" value="${fn:trim(str2) }"></c:set>
LEN : ${fn:length(str3) }
LOWER : ${fn:toLowerCase(str3) }
UPPER : ${fn:toUpperCase(str3) }

REPLACE : ${fn:replace(str3,'Hello','hi') }

<c:set var="str4" value="${fn:split(str3,' ') }"></c:set>


${str4[0]}
${str4[1]}

<c:set var="str5" value="Hi Employee <ename> AJAY </ename>"></c:set>


${str5}
${fn:escapeXml(str5) }
</pre>
</body>
</html>

4. JSTL Formatting tags:-


Formatting Tags Descriptions
fmt:parseNumber It is used to Parses the string representation of a currency, percentage or number.
fmt:formatNumber It is used to format the numerical value with specific format or precision.
fmt:formatDate It formats the time and/or date using the supplied pattern and styles.

AllInOneExample:index.jsp
<%@taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>

<html>
<body>
<pre>
<c:set var="cost" value="12255.669858"/>
<fmt:parseNumber var="i" value="${cost}" integerOnly="true"/>
Cost is: ${i}
US: <fmt:formatNumber currencyCode="USD" value="${cost}"
type="currency"/>
INDIA: <fmt:formatNumber currencyCode="INR" value="${cost}"
type="currency"/>
GROUP: <fmt:formatNumber value="${cost}" type="currency"
groupingUsed="true"/>

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<fmt:formatNumber value="${cost}" type="currency"


maxIntegerDigits="3" maxFractionDigits="3"/>

<c:set value="<%=new java.util.Date()%>" var="str"/>


<fmt:formatDate value="${str }"/>
<fmt:formatDate value="${str }" type="time"/>
<fmt:formatDate value="${str }" type="date"/>
<fmt:formatDate value="${str }" type="both" dateStyle="short"
timeStyle="short" />
<fmt:formatDate value="${str }" type="both" dateStyle="medium"
timeStyle="medium" />
<fmt:formatDate value="${str }" type="both" dateStyle="long"
timeStyle="long" />
</pre>
</body>
</html>

5. JSTL XML tags:

XML Tags Descriptions


x:out Similar to <%= ... > tag, but for XPath expressions.
x:parse It is used for parse the XML data specified either in the tag body or an attribute.
x:set It is used to sets a variable to the value of an XPath expression.
x:choose It is a conditional tag that establish a context for mutually exclusive conditional
operations.
x:when It is a subtag of that will include its body if the condition evaluated be 'true'.
x:otherwise It is subtag of that follows tags and runs only if all the prior conditions evaluated be
'false'.
x:if It is used for evaluating the test XPath expression and if it is true, it will processes its
body content.

Required Jars Download Link:


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AllInOneExample:index.jsp
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<%@taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@taglib prefix="x" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml" %>

<html>
<body>
<h2>Hello</h2>

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<c:set var="emps">
<employees>
<employee>
<empId>10</empId>
<empName>AJAY</empName>
<empSal>366.36</empSal>
</employee>
<employee>
<empId>11</empId>
<empName>VIJAY</empName>
<empSal>855.36</empSal>
</employee>
<employee>
<empId>12</empId>
<empName>JAI</empName>
<empSal>985.36</empSal>
</employee>
</employees>
</c:set>

<pre>
<x:parse xml="${emps}" var="data"/>
<x:set var="ename" select="$data/employees/employee[2]/empName"/>
<x:out select="$ename"/>
<x:out select="$data/employees/employee[1]/empId"/>

<x:choose>
<x:when select="$data/employees/employee[1]/empSal < 20000">
Good, But not OK
</x:when>
<x:when select="$data/employees/employee[1]/empSal > 20000">
Nice, Be happy
</x:when>
<x:otherwise>
Unable to get Data
</x:otherwise>
</x:choose>
<x:if select="$data/employees/employee[2]/empName = 'VIJAY'">
Hello VIJAY
</x:if>
</pre>
</body>
</html>
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