JSTL

Sue Spielman has over 15 years hands-on experience delivering leading edge technology products. She has been working with Java ever since it was born. Sue is the President and Senior Consulting Engineer of Switchback Software LLC (www.switchbacksoftware.com) a consulting firm that specializes in business and web application development and deployment using the latest in J2EE & J2ME technologies. She is the JSP/Servlet columnist for OnJava.com and a recognized Java expert appearing in industry magazines including JavaPro, XML, and Devx.com. Sue is a featured speaker on various Java technologies at conferences throughout the United States and abroad.

Preface
1 Introduction
1.1 What Exactly Is the JSTL?
1.2 Why a JSP Standard Tag Library?
1.3 Why Now?
1.4 Why You Really Want to Use the JSTL
1.5 The Need for Encapsulation
1.6 Functional Overview
1.7 JSTL Tag Libraries
1.8 Getting Ready to Use the JSTL
1.9 The Road to the JSTL
1.9.1 Dynamic vs. Static Content
1.9.2 Using Dynamic Content
1.9.3 Using Dynamic Web Features
1.9.4 Server-Side Processing
1.10 Servlets to the Rescue
1.11 Hello My Friend Servlet
1.12 JavaServer Pages
1.13 When a JSP, When a Servlet?
1.14 Evolving JSP
1.15 Custom Actions in Action
1.15.1 Why Use a Custom Action
1.15.2 Hello My Friend Using Custom Actions
1.15.3 The TLD File
1.15.4 The Tag Handler
1.16 The Power of Tag Libraries
1.16.1 Need for a Tag Library
1.17 Making Life Easier, JSTL in Action
2 JSTL Basics
2.1 Environment Setup
2.2 Using the Book Examples
2.3 JSP Scopes
2.4 JSTL Scoped Variables
2.4.1 Var and Scope Attributes
2.4.2 Variable Visibility
2.5 Dynamic and Static Attributes
2.6 Handling Errors and Exceptions
2.7 Action Body Content
2.8 Configuration Settings
2.9 The Config Class
2.10 Summary
3 Using the Expression Language
3.1 Implicit Objects Available in the EL
3.2 Accessing Data Structures
3.3 EL Operators
3.3.1 Relational Operators
3.3.2 Other Operators
3.3.3 Using Operators
3.4 Automatic Type Conversion
3.5 Default Values
3.6 Summary
4 Working with the Core Actions
4.1 Writing Output to the JspWriter
4.2 Setting Variables
4.3 Removing Variables
4.4 Using
4.4.1 Handling Exceptions
4.5 Decisions, Decisions, Decisions—Conditional Actions
4.5.1 Simple Conditional
4.5.2 Mutually Exclusive Conditionals
4.5.3 Creating Custom Logic Actions
4.6 Handling Iterators
4.6.1
4.6.2 Paging through a Large Collection
4.6.3 Looping with a Collection
4.6.4 Tokenizing Data Using
4.7 URL-Related Actions
4.7.1
4.7.2
4.7.3 Creating and Using Dynamic Links
4.7.4
4.7.5
4.8 Untangling the Web We Weave
4.8.1 The Power of
4.8.2 and the Composite View Pattern
4.8.3 Storing Imported Content
4.8.4 Using Character Encoding
4.9 Redirecting
4.10 Summary
5 Working with the XML Actions
5.1 Overview of Supporting Technologies
5.2 eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
5.2.1 Using XML Files for Data Storage
5.2.2 XML APIs
5.3 eXtenstible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
5.3.1 Allowing for Transformation
5.3.2 XSL Languages
5.4 XML Path Language (XPath)
5.4.1 Library Functions
5.5 Variable Mappings
5.6 Using the Select Attribute
5.7 Accessing Resources
5.7.1 Node Types
5.7.2 Node Functions
5.8 eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT)
5.8.1 XSLT Namespace
5.9 Parsing XML Documents
5.9.1 Action
5.9.2 Filtering
5.9.3 Using the Advanced Attributes
5.10 Using and
5.10.1 Action
5.10.2 Action
5.11 and in Action
5.12 Using XML Documents to Determine Flow Control
5.12.1 Action
5.12.2 Using
5.12.3 , , and Actions
5.13 Going Loopy with
5.13.1 Nested forEach Loops
5.14 XML Transformation Actions
5.14.1 Action
5.15 Transforming Content
5.16 Providing Parameters to Transformations
5.16.1 Action
5.16.2 Performing Multiple Transformations
5.17 Summary
6 Working with the Internationalization and Formatting Actions
6.1 Locales
6.1.1 Internationalization vs. Localization
6.2 Why be Language Independent?
6.3 Localizing an Application Using Resource Bundles
6.4 Types of I18N Architectures
6.5 First, the Action
6.6 Localization Context
6.7 Localization Context Sample
6.8 Preferred Locales
6.8.1 Setting the Preferred Locales
6.9 Formatting Locales
6.10 How Resource Bundles are Decided
6.10.1 Resource Bundle Lookup Differences
6.11 Resource Bundle Lookup Samples
6.12 Using the LocaleSupport Class
6.13 Setting and Using Locales
6.13.1 Action
6.13.2 Having a Fallback Locale
6.14 Using Messages and Resource Bundles
6.14.1 Action
6.14.2 Action
6.14.3 Action
6.14.4 Action
6.15 Setting the Resource Bundle for
6.16 Adding a parameter to
6.17 Formatting Actions
6.17.1 Determining the Time Zone
6.17.2 Action
6.17.3 Action
6.18 Setting and Using Time Zones
6.19 Working with Timestamps
6.20 Formatting and Parsing Timestamps
6.20.1 Action
6.20.2
6.20.3 Customizing the Format
6.21 Using and Parsing Timestamps
6.22 Working with Numbers
6.22.1 Action
6.22.2 Action
6.22.3 Formatting Numbers
6.22.4 Parsing Numbers
6.23 Encoding the Client Response
6.24 Summary
7 SQL Tag Library Using the SQL Actions
7.1 The Available Actions
7.2 Working with the Data Source
7.2.1
7.3 Configuring a Data Source
7.4 Using a Data Source
7.5 Maxrows Configuration Setting
7.6 Configuring and Using a Data Source
7.7 How to Modify Data
7.7.1 Action
7.7.2 How to Use var with
7.8 Interfaces and Classes
7.8.1 Result Interface
7.8.2 SQLExecutionTag Interface
7.8.3 ResultSupport Class
7.9 Finding What You Need with
7.9.1 Action
7.10 Passing Parameters to SQL Statements
7.10.1 Dealing with Date Parameters
7.11 Working with Result Sets
7.11.1 Accessing Rows and Columns
7.11.2 Using Result Set Metadata
7.12 Dealing with Transactions
7.12.1 Words of Caution
7.13 Action
7.14 How to Use
7.15 Summary
7.16 Conclusion
8 JSTL Quick Reference
8.1 Expression Language Syntax
8.1.1 Literals
8.1.2 “[]” and “.” Operators
8.1.3 Arithmetic Operators
8.1.4 Relational Operators
8.1.5 Logical Operators
8.1.6 Empty Operator
8.1.7 Operator Precedence
8.1.8 Reserved Words
8.1.9 Coercion Rules
8.1.10 Accessing Named Variables
8.1.11 Implicit Objects
8.2 Configuration Settings
8.3 Core Tag Library
8.3.1 Tag Library URI
8.3.2 General Purpose Actions
8.3.3 Conditional Actions
8.3.4 Iterator Actions
8.3.5 URL Related Actions
8.4 XML Tag Library
8.4.1 Tag Library URI
8.4.2 XML Core Actions
8.4.3 XML Flow Control
8.4.4 Iterator Actions
8.4.5 Transformation Actions
8.5 SQL Tag Library
8.5.1 Tag Library URI
8.5.2 Actions
8.6 I18N Tag Library
8.6.1 Tag Library URI
8.6.2 Internationalization Actions
8.6.3 Formatting Actions
Index