Re: Usin JSTL from jakarta with tomcat and the new web.xml descriptors

Alexander Shopov wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I am trying to use the jakarta JSTL implementation for a project that 
> employs tomcat and the new web.xml descriptors. After reading the 
> documentation, FAQ, searching google ant the mail list I still do not 
> get is, so I am asking for some help.
> 
> Now onto the real config:
> 
> I am using tomcat: Apache Tomcat/5.5.20
> 
> I have downloaded Standard Taglib version 1.1.2 from here:
>    http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/standard-doc/intro.html
> 
> Then I read the documentation provided here:
> http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/binarydist.html
> 
> And realized that after copying the *tld and *jar files in their 
> corresponding places - I have no way to describe them in web.xml for its 
> scheme is here: http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd and 
> there is no way to add a taglib declaration.

You don't need to do anything to web.xml and you don't need the TLD files, 
they're already contained in standard.jar. Just dump the JAR files in 
WEB-INF/lib.

> I saw that for example struts tags are repackaged in *jar files that 
> have a special META-INF directory with a tld subdirectory.
> 
> I have read Appendix A of JavaServer Pagesв„ў Standard Tag Library 
> specification from Sun but still do not get it - after copying *tlds and 
> *jars - what is the next step to use the tags in XML JSP pages.
> (This one came from here: 
> http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-taglibs/FrequentlyAskedQuestions)

There are a couple ways to use taglibs in JSP document (XML syntax). Here's 
one using <jsp:root>:

<jsp:root xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page"
           xmlns:c="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"
           version="2.0">
   ...
</jsp:root>

> Can someone help me - I am stuck.
> 
> Kind regards:
> al_shopov

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