The web.xml file contains properties controlling servlets for a specific Web application.
This is a standard file that is created when the Web application is created by using J2EE. If you
are adding JSTL Standard Library functions to multiple Web applications, you must edit the web.xml
file associated with each Web application.
To
use JSTL, you must declare the <taglib> tags
in the web.xml file between the <Web-app> and </Web-app> tags.
To
edit the web.xml file:
- Locate the web.xml file in the Web application directory.
The standard directory structure is:WebApplicationName/WebApp/WEB-INF/web.xml
- Declare the
<taglib> tags for each
of the following tag libraries between the <Web-app> and </Web-app> tags:
For This Tag Library
|
Type The Following Tag
|
Core (EL)
|
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>http://java.sun.com/jstl/core<taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>tld/c-1_0.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
|
Core (RT)
|
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>http://java.sun.com/jstl/core-rt<taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>tld/c-1_0-rt.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
|
Format (EL)
|
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt<taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>tld/fmt-1_0.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
|
Format (RT)
|
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt-rt<taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>tld/fmt-1_0-rt.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
|
SQL (EL)
|
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>http://java.sun.com/jstl/sql<taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>tld/sql-1_0.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
|
SQL (RT)
|
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>http://java.sun.com/jstl/sql-rt<taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>tld/sql-1_0-rt.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
|
XML (EL)
|
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>http://java.sun.com/jstl/xml<taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>tld/x-1_0.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
|
XML (RT)
|
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>http://java.sun.com/jstl/xml-rt<taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>tld/x-1_0-rt.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
|
- Save the web.xml file to the original location.
CAUTION:
Do not change the name or the location of the web.xml
when saving the file. Doing so may cause errors.