Include JSTL dependency with Maven

Question

I am using maven2, how do I add a dependency to JSTL (The JSP Standard Tag Library) ?

Answer 1

You need to add it to your pom.xml file.

In the dependencies node you need to add a reference to JSTL. You will probably need to set its scope to compile. So it would look something like this

<dependency>
  <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
  <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
  <version>"whatever version you need"</version>
  <scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>

This is assuming you have the proper references to the maven distribution repository in your pom.xml or settings.xml