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Chapter 1: Server Setup and Configuration
Chapter 2: A Fast Introduction to Basic Servlet Programming
Chapter 3: A Fast Introduction to Basic JSP Programming
Chapter 4: Using and Deploying Web Applications
Chapter 5: Controlling Web Application Behavior with web.xml
Chapter 6: A Sample Web Application: An Online Boat Shop
Chapter 7: Declarative Security
Chapter 8: Programmatic Security
Chapter 9: Servlet and JSP Filters
Chapter 10: The Application Events Framework
Chapter 11: New Tag Library Features in JSP 1.2
Chapter 12: The JSP Standard Tag Library

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Chapter 12: The JSP Standard Tag Library

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• web.xml. Deployment descriptor. Reminder: check the current JSTL documentation--if you use an updated JSTL version you'll almost certainly have to change the entry for the javax.servlet.jsptl.ExpressionEvaluatorClass parameter, and also probably have to update the TLD aliases.
• simple-loop-jr.jsp Simple loop (jr version). Requires the styles.css style sheet.
• styles.css. Style sheet used by almost all JSP pages in this chapter.
• simple-loop-jx.jsp. Simple loop (jx version)
• inactive-interval-loop-jr.jsp. Looping with a designated step size (jr version).
• inactive-interval-loop-jx.jsp. Looping with a designated step size (jx version). Requires the StorePageContextTag tag.
• StorePageContextTag.java. Stores the PageContext reference in an attribute of the PageContext. The reason for doing this is to make it easier for JSTL jx tags to access the request, response, pageContext, etc.
• store-page-context.tld. TLD file for the library that uses the StorePageContextTag tag.
• cookie-loop-jr.jsp. Looping down arrays (jr version).
• cookie-loop-jx.jsp. Looping down arrays (jx version).
• DefineCookies.java. Servlet that defines a few cookies, then redirects the user to the cookie-displaying page.
• header-loop-jr.jsp. Looping down enumerations (jr version).
• header-loop-jx.jsp. Looping down enumerations (jx version).
• string-loop-jr.jsp. Looping down entries in a String (jr version).
• string-loop-jx.jsp. Looping down entries in a String (jx version).
• data-form.html. Form that sends data to the ShowData servlet.
• ShowData.java. Servlet that sets up a variety of data structures, then forwards the request to a JSP page that uses JSTL to display the values in the data structures.
• show-data-jr.jsp. Looping down multiple data types (jr version).
• show-data-jx.jsp. Looping down multiple data types (jx version).
• status-loop-jr.jsp. The jr version of a page that loops down a comma-delimited String and displays status information each time around the loop.
• status-loop-jx.jsp. The jx version of a page that loops down a comma-delimited String and displays status information each time around the loop.
• simple-token-loop-jr.jsp. Looping down the tokens in a String (jr version).
• simple-token-loop-jx.jsp. Looping down the tokens in a String (jx version).
• nested-token-loop-jr.jsp. Nested loops with different delimeters (jr version).
• nested-token-loop-jx.jsp. Nested loops with different delimeters (jx version).
• if-jr.jsp. Using the if tag (jr version).
• if-jx.jsp. Using the if tag (jx version).
• choose-jr.jsp. Using the choose, when, and otherwise tags (jr version).
• choose-jx.jsp. Using the choose, when, and otherwise tags (jx version).
• coin-toss-jr.jsp. Use of a local variable with the choose tag (jr version).
• coin-toss-jx.jsp. Use of the set tag with the choose tag (jx version).
• set.jsp. Using the set tag (jx only).
• expr.jsp. Using the expr tag (jx only).
• declare.jsp. Using the declare tag (jx only).
• jsptl.war. The entire jsptl application bundled in a WAR (Web ARchive) file.

URLs Referenced in Chapter

• http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/standard-doc/intro.html. JSTL home page. Note: it is very important that you check this documentation--Chapter 12 is the only chapter in the book that is based on a not-yet-finalized specification. So, it is quite likely that there are at least minor changes or additions to the version of JSTL presented in the chapter.
• http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-taglibs/releases/standard/. JSTL download page.
• http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/standard-doc/index.html. On-line JSTL documentation. Note: it is very important that you check this documentation--Chapter 12 is the only chapter in the book that is based on a not-yet-finalized specification. So, it is quite likely that there are at least minor changes or additions to the version of JSTL presented in the chapter.
• http://courses.coreservlets.com/. Servlet/JSP training courses.
• http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/. JSP home page.

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