On 12/22/05, fea jabi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, Laurie. that worked. > > why is JSTL prefered over the logic tags? is there any doc I can read > about > the same? > > Thanks.
A couple of reasons I (as the original developer of the logic tags :-) prefer the JSTL versions: * The expression syntax for JSTL's logic tags is much more powerful and concise. * JSTL provides the equivalent of a "switch" statement in Java or C for dealing with if/else or if-elseif-elseif-else type scenarios. Struts does not. See the <c:choose>, <c:when>, and <c:otherwise> tags. * The JSTL tags are provided by the container, and can potentially be performance optimized by the container provider. * The JSTL expression syntax is now (as of JSP 2.0) available everywhere in a JSP page, not just in tags that understand the syntax. * The JSTL syntax is very similar to the JSF expression syntax, so if you ever switch to using JSF for your view technology, you won't have to learn a new expression language syntax. The Struts logic tags preceeded JSTL, but they have basically been superceded by the standard functionality. They're still in the library primarily for backwards compatibility. Craig
