The Benefits of JSTL

printer-friendly version of this section  Print  e-mail this section  E-Mail  add a public, group or private note  Add Note  add a bookmark about this section  Add Bookmark    

JSTL: JSP Standard Tag Library Kick Start
By Jeff Heaton

Table of Contents
Introduction


There are several advantages to this tight integration of display and programming tags. First, JSTL is designed so that the Web programmer should be able to learn JSTL quickly and efficiently. JSTL is not just easier for humans to read and understand than JSP scriptlet programming; it is also easier for Web page layout programs to understand. Future Web layout programs will be able to recognize the JSTL tags and insert HTML formatting without disruption of the JSTL tags. Further, Web authoring tools will be able to interact with JSTL tags and perform basic programming.

One perfect example of how JSTL interaction with Web authoring tools can be of particular benefit is in the area of international programming. Traditionally, a multilingual Web application has stored individual text strings in a central location a database or a data file. The problem is that the method used to display these international text strings is not standardized from one application to the next. Most Web applications use some sort of JSP scriptlet programming to retrieve and then display multilingual text. Unfortunately, Web authoring tools are completely oblivious to these different methods of international programming. JSTL provides us with a concise way to implement a multilingual application. Now it's possible to design Web authoring tools that are aware of the multilingual JSP tags and allows the native language of the page to be displayed just as easily as the foreign languages that the page will be translated into. This enables programmers designing multilingual Web sites to visually edit their Web pages in a variety of languages.


    printer-friendly version of this section  Print  e-mail this section  E-Mail  add a public, group or private note  Add Note  add a bookmark about this section  Add Bookmark    
    Top

    [0672324504/fm01lev1sec1]

     
     


    JSTL. JSP Standard Tag Library Kick Start
    JSTL: JSP Standard Tag Library Kick Start
    ISBN: 0672324504
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2001
    Pages: 93
    Authors: Jeff Heaton

    flylib.com © 2008-2017.
    If you may any questions please contact us: flylib@qtcs.net