On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Steve Bang wrote: > JSTL states that it supports JSP 1.2. Does mean that it is required > for all of the tags, or only the ones dependent on JSP 1.2 > functionality? I'm curious since I want to experiment with the use of > JSTL with our company's product, which currently supports Tomcat > 3.2.3, WebLogic 6.1, and WebSphere Advanced Edition 4.0. Of those > three, only WL 6.1 supports JSP 1.2 as far as I know. So, what can I > get away with using across all three servers? I assume only > functionality requiring JSP 1.2.
Alas, it's something of a package deal. Given the forward-looking nature of the JSTL spec (remember, the final version isn't released yet and won't be for a few months still), we didn't put effort into complying with JSP 1.1. Thus, in the RI, even functionality that doesn't require JSP 1.2 might use a JSP 1.2 feature for performance reasons. Furthermore, the taglibs do really need to be seen as whole packages. The tags interact and are governed by a TLV, which is a JSP 1.2 concept. -- Shawn Bayern Author, "JSP Standard Tag Library" (Manning, upcoming) http://jstlbook.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
