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JavaServer Pages
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Standard Tag Library
Version 1.1 Pre-FCS
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July 2003
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JavaServer Pages™ Standard Tag Library (JSTL) Specification ("Specification")
Version: 1.1
Status: Pre-FCS, Maintenance Release
Release: June 16, 2003
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Contents
Preface xi
1. Introduction 1
1.1 Goals 1
1.2 Multiple Tag Libraries 2
1.3 Container Requirement 2
2. Conventions 3
2.1 How Actions are Documented 3
2.1.1 Attributes 4
2.1.2 Syntax Notation 5
2.2 Scoped Variables 5
2.2.1 var and scope 6
2.2.2 Visibility 6
2.3 Static vs Dynamic Attribute Values 7
2.4 White Spaces 7
2.5 Body Content 7
2.6 Naming 8
2.7 Errors and Exceptions 8
2.8 Configuration Data 10
2.9 Default Values 11
