<x:forEach> Tag
The <x:forEach>
tag is used to loop through nodes in an XML document.
Syntax
<x:forEach
var="<string>"
select="<string>"
begin="<int>"
end="<int>"
step="<int>"
varStatus="<string>">
Attributes
The <x:forEach>
tag has the following attributes:
Attribute | Description | Required | Default Value |
---|---|---|---|
select | XPath expression to be evaluated | Yes | None |
var | Variable to store the current item | No | None |
begin | Starting index of the iterator | No | None |
end | Ending index of the iterator | No | None |
step | Step size of the iteration | No | None |
varStatus | Variable representing the status of the iterator | No | None |
Example
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"
pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="x" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>JSTL x:forEach Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Books Info:</h3>
<c:set var="xmltext">
<books>
<book>
<name>Padam History</name>
<author>ZARA</author>
<price>100</price>
</book>
<book>
<name>Great Mistry</name>
<author>NUHA</author>
<price>2000</price>
</book>
</books>
</c:set>
<x:parse xml="${xmltext}" var="output"/>
<ul class="list">
<x:forEach select="$output/books/book/name" var="item">
<li>Book Name: <x:out select="$item" /></li>
</x:forEach>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
The output will be as follows:
BOOKS INFO:
Book Name: Padam History
Book Name: Great Mistry