Learn to configure JSTL support to Spring MVC application using maven build tool. Learn to enable JSTL tags in Spring MVC application.
1. JSTL maven dependencies
<dependency>
<groupid>javax.servlet</groupid>
<artifactid>jstl</artifactid>
<version>1.2</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupid>taglibs</groupid>
<artifactid>standard</artifactid>
<version>1.1.2</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
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2. Configure InternalResourceViewResolver to resolve JSTL views
2.1. Spring JSTL Java Configuration
@Bean
public ViewResolver configureViewResolver()
{
InternalResourceViewResolver viewResolve = new InternalResourceViewResolver();
viewResolve.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/jsp/");
viewResolve.setSuffix(".jsp");
return viewResolve;
}
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2.2. Spring JSTL XML Configuration
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
<property name="viewClass" value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView"></property>
<property name="prefix">
<value>/WEB-INF/jsp/</value>
</property>
<property name="suffix">
<value>.jsp</value>
</property>
</bean>
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3. Use JSTL tags in JSP files
<h1>Welcome message : <c:out value="${message}"></c:out></h1>
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