Adding JSTL to jsp (Tomcat 8)

Question

I want to use the JSTL library in my jsp's. Now I followed a tutorial and it told me to add this line to the jsp page:

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>

It gives me the error cannot resolve taglib with uri and then the URL.

I'm running tomcat 8. My web.xml is like this:

<web-app version="2.4"
         xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee
    http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">

Does someone know how to fix this?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 19 '15 at 14:42

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You need to add jar for the jstl library in your classpath. If you are using maven, then add this dependency.

<dependency>
        <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
        <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
        <version>1.2</version>
    </dependency>

Add this to your pom.xml.

answered Jan 19 '15 at 14:42

z21

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Thank you :-) this solved the problem. I used the wrong dependency http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails%7Ctaglibs%7Cc%7C1.1.2%7Cjar – user1007522 Jan 19 '15 at 14:44

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 10 '18 at 09:08

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To resolve this issue, you would need to do the following:

The jstl.jar should be in your classpath. (Download jar / pom)
Make sure you have the following taglib directive at the top of your jsp:
```
<%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
```

edited Jul 10 '18 at 09:08

Roshana Pitigala

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answered Jan 19 '15 at 14:36

SMA

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Can I add them via maven? Because I tried but then it still failed. I included this one http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails%7Ctaglibs%7Cc%7C1.1.2%7Cjar – user1007522 Jan 19 '15 at 14:40
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Yes see [this](http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jstl/jstl/1.2) for maven dependency. – SMA Jan 19 '15 at 14:42

Adding JSTL to jsp (Tomcat 8)

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