JSTL: Release Notes
JSTL EA2 introduces a variety of new features, and it rounds out
some of the support initially provided in EA1. This document contains a
running list of additions and changes.
- 21 Nov 2001
- JSTL EA2 RI, version 1.0, 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 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 EA1 RI, version 1.2, introduced. This version includes support
for ECMAScript.
- 23 Jul 2001
- JSTL 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 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.