Standard: An Implementation of the JSP™ Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
Version: 1.0
Release Notes

The Standard 1.0 release builds on the Standard 1.0 Beta 2 release, which introduced a variety of new features and rounded out some of the support initially provided in Standard 1.0 EA3.

The Standard 1.0 release, which is hosted at Apache, is used as the source repository for the JSTL 1.0 reference implementation supplied by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Release History

Current

Bugs fixed since Standard 1.0 Taglib Final release:

Bug Id
Summary

8723
Fixed 'xslt' attribute for <x:transform> to only accept an
object exported by <x:parse> if it's a String, Reader, or
javax.xml.transform.Source.

9257
Added "UNICODE_INPUT = true" to the ELParser.jj
options so that non-ascii values can be parsed.

9528
GettingStarted.html guide updated to include all jar dependency information.

9581
SQL examples updated to allow for the inputting of dataSource username and password.

9968
c:url tag no longer prepends path to page relative URLs.

10175
Added a <welcome-file-list> element to the example application's deployment descriptor. Modified standard-doc in a corresponding fashion.

10334

BundleSupport modified to use the current context classloader instead of the classloader that loaded it. This change was necessary in order for BundleSupport to properly find resources in a web application.

The SQL DataSourceWrapper also modified to properly use classloader delegation to load resources.

10856
Fixed incorrect x:param error message.

Bug Id	Summary
8723	Fixed '`xslt`' attribute for `<x:transform>` to only accept an object exported by `<x:parse>` if it's a `String`, `Reader`, or `javax.xml.transform.Source`.
9257	Added `"UNICODE_INPUT = true"` to the `ELParser.jj` options so that non-ascii values can be parsed.
9528	`GettingStarted.html` guide updated to include all jar dependency information.
9581	SQL examples updated to allow for the inputting of `dataSource` username and password.
9968	`c:url` tag no longer prepends path to page relative URLs.
10175	Added a `<welcome-file-list>` element to the example application's deployment descriptor. Modified `standard-doc` in a corresponding fashion.
10334	`BundleSupport` modified to use the current context classloader instead of the classloader that loaded it. This change was necessary in order for `BundleSupport` to properly find resources in a web application. The SQL `DataSourceWrapper` also modified to properly use classloader delegation to load resources.
10856	Fixed incorrect `x:param` error message.

Other changes and additions:

Improved x:parse action's EntityResolver to work with JAXP 1.2. URI's normalized so they can be processed consistently.

The JSTL 1.0 Specification has all the official functional descriptions; out of date documentation removed.

Hard-coded and browser-based locales separated into distinct pages in order to avoid conflicting response encodings.

Formatting web application examples updated to use EL to access request parameters.

query and update tags modified to catch a more generic JDBC driver implementation generated exception when it occurs and provide a meaningful error message.

DateParam tag modified to have an empty body content as defined by the spec.

PreparedStatement.setNull(parameterIndex, java.sql.Types.NULL) now used when specifying null parameter values.

XPath performance improved by caching parsed representations of XPath expressions.

Support for relative system ID's in <x:transform> simplified.

Improved TimeZoneSupport javadocs

Added Japanese resources

Added support for JSP 2.0 functionality in the JSTL EL. By default, none of the new features are enabled in order to comply with the JSTL 1.0 Specification. The functionality will be triggered by a particular way of calling the interpreter.

Created new new "jsp20" parser directory.

Added new "jsp20el" build target for JSP 2.0 specific features.

Added copy of *.properties to JSP 2.0 EL jar.

21 Jun 2002

Final Standard Taglib 1.0 release

17 Jun 2002

Standard Taglib RC1 released.

19 Apr 2002

Standard 1.0 Beta2 released, which is compliant with the JSTL Proposed Final Draft.

12 Mar 2002

Standard 1.0 Beta1 released, which is compliant with the JSTL Public Review Draft.

12 Dec 2001

Standard 1.0 EA3 released. Version includes the following changes and additions:

Introduction of SQL tags ("sql:*" library).
A performance improvement to the XML "transform" tag.
Minor changes and bug fixes to the i18n and XML libraries.
Distribution JAR files are now 'standard.jar' (RI) and 'jstl.jar' (API).
showSource.jsp no longer depends on raw file I/O (and so should work even when standard-examples is deployed as a WAR).

21 Nov 2001

Standard 1.0 EA2 introduced. Version includes the following major changes and additions:

JSPTL has been renamed to JSTL.
The "jsptl" library at Jakarta Taglibs has been renamed to "standard."
Tags for text inclusion and URL encoding introduced.
Tags for i18n-capable text formatting introduced.
Tags for XML manipulation introduced.
JSTL now divides functionality among multiple TLDs. Each TLD represents a cohesive unit of functionality, such as "XML manipulation" and "formatting." 'jx' and 'jr' are no longer used; they are replaced with shorter abbreviations for the common cases (e.g., 'c', 'x').
ECMAScript is now the default expression evaluator. Since the first release of 1.0 EA1, new languages include JXPath and ECMAScript.
The RI has been thoroughly repackaged; many classes have moved.
The package name for the JSTL API is now javax.servlet.jsp.jstl and is subdivided into cohesive packages. (The old package for the API was javax.servlet.jsptl.)
A small number of minor changes were made to the code. By and large, these changes are not significant; the easiest way to discover further details is to look at the CVS archive itself.

09 Oct 2001

JSTL 1.0 EA1 RI, version 1.2, introduced. This version includes support for ECMAScript.

23 Jul 2001

JSTL 1.0 EA1 RI, version 1.1, is released. This version is compatible with Tomcat 4.0 B6 and Tomcat 4.0 release.

10 Jul 2001

JSTL 1.0 EA1 RI first made available for download.

08 Jul 2001

Initial version of JSTL RI contributed by JSR-052 Expert Group and imported into Jakarta CVS archive.

Standard: An Implementation of the JSP™ Standard Tag Library (JSTL) Version: 1.0 Release Notes

Release History

Standard: An Implementation of the JSP™ Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
Version: 1.0
Release Notes