you need to configure this in web.xml as well.Please refer below code.
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/lib/c.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
Please let me know if you still face any issue.
This is a very common error while working on JSTL.
To solve this error simply :-
You will find the error has gone now!
Hope this helps.
I got the same error message (Eclipse Enterprise 2020-06, Tomcat 8.5, dynamic web project), even after I downloaded version 1.2.5 of the jst library (here), dropped it into the "WEB-INF/lib" folder and added <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
to the very top of the jsp file.
Using version 1.2 (here) instead fixed it.
To make it work:
Add jstl and standard jar files to your library.
Hope it helps.. :)
What worked for me (I use Java 8 and Tomcat 9 in Eclipse 2019):
pom.xml
<!-- jstl -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api</artifactId>
<version>1.2.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>taglibs</groupId>
<artifactId>standard</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency>
.jsp file
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
create a libs folder in the inside WEB-INF directory and add jstl, standard jars as below.
Can not find the tag library descriptor for “http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core”
Based on one of your previous questions you're using Tomcat 7. In that case you need JSTL 1.2. However, you've there a jstl.jar
file while JSTL 1.2 has clearly the version number included like so jstl-1.2.jar
. The sole filename jstl.jar
is typical for JSTL 1.0 and 1.1. This version requires a standard.jar
along in /WEB-INF/lib
which contains the necessary TLD files. However, in your particular case the standard.jar
is clearly missing in /WEB-INF/lib
and that's exactly the reason why the taglib URI couldn't be resolved.
To solve this you must remove the wrong JAR file, download jstl-1.2.jar and drop it in its entirety in /WEB-INF/lib
. That's all. You do not need to extract it nor to fiddle in project's Build Path.
Don't forget to remove that loose c.tld
file too. It absolutely doesn't belong there. This is indeed instructed in some poor tutorials or answers elsewhere in the Internet. This is a myth caused by a major misunderstanding and misconfiguration. There is never a need to have a loose JSTL TLD file in the classpath, also not in previous JSTL versions.
In case you're using Maven, use the below coordinate:
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
You should also make sure that your web.xml
is declared conform at least Servlet 2.4 and thus not as Servlet 2.3 or older. Otherwise EL expressions inside JSTL tags would in turn fail to work. Pick the highest version matching your target container and make sure that you don't have a <!DOCTYPE>
anywhere in your web.xml
. Here's a Servlet 3.0 (Tomcat 7) compatible example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
version="3.0">
<!-- Config here. -->
</web-app>
###See also:
The URI depends on the version of JSTL you are using. For Version 1.0 use:
http://java.sun.com/jstl/core
and for 1.1 (and later), you need to use:
http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core
I had the same problem even after I added jar files for jstl and standard. For me, it resolved after I added a Targeted runtime for my project.
Go to Project Properties > Targeted Runtimes and select the server you are using (Tomcat 7.0 for me).
Downloading jstl-1.2.jar instead of jstl.jar solves the problem
You just need to include the standard.jar
file in your project build path.
You may try to make the folder which include jsp-s become the source folder of eclipse, that solved the same problem of mine. As below:
- open project's properties.(right click project, then choose the Properties)
- choose Java Build Path, select the Source tab, click Add Folder and choose the folder including your jsp-s, OK
If you are using maven your pom's <dependencies>
tag should look like:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api</artifactId>
<version>1.2.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>taglibs</groupId>
<artifactId>standard</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
It works for me.
Simply download javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.jar and add to your build path and WEB-INF/lib
if you simply developing dynamic web application.
When you develop dynamic web application using maven then add javax.servlet.jsp.jstl dependency in pom file.
Thanks
nirmalrajsanjeev
Well, I have read this post and seems it is not good enough to fix this issue.
Spring based application on the tomcat 8 will not work.
Here is the solution
Step 1 ? Add the following dependency in your pom.xml
<!-- JSTL Support -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet.jsp-api</artifactId>
<version>2.3.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
Step 2 ? Add All following two statement in your JSP page, ensure that you are using isELIgnored="false" attribute in <%@ page %> tag
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" isELIgnored="false" pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"%>
Step 3 ? Remove all the other configuration that you have done till now in web.xml or anywhere else :)
Step 4 ? Clean the Tomcat and restart Tomcat.
Side Note ? Actually, JSTL will work with only 3.x Servlet specifications on Tomcat 8.
[http://www.kriblog.com/j2ee/jsp/jstl-with-spring-4-on-tomcat-8.html]
I had same problem and despite having jstl
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
I had to add 'standard' as well:
<dependency>
<groupId>taglibs</groupId>
<artifactId>standard</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency>
Also, as mentioned in previous post:
Make sure that both the below jars are present in the build path:
Maven Dependencies are:
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl-api</artifactId>
<version>$1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>taglibs</groupId>
<artifactId>standard</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency
add the maven dependencies:
<dependency>
<groupId>jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>taglibs</groupId>
<artifactId>standard</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
This works as well:
<dependency>
<scope>compile</scope>
<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl-api</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
so used jstl 1.2 instead of standard.jar together with jstl-api 1.2
in your pom.xml just add
<!-- jstl -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
and try run
mvn eclipse:eclipse -Dwtpversion=2.0
will solve the problem
<dependency>
<groupId>jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>taglibs</groupId>
<artifactId>standard</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
I have similar issue, why should we add external jar files when we are using maven?
I have already included jstl maven dependency then also I encounter error "Can not find the tag library descriptor for "http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"". Then I include following dependency then error get solve, without including any single external jar file.
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</dependency>
Source: Stackoverflow.com