C:Choose C:When C:Otherwise Example
C:Choose C:When C:Otherwise Example explains about How to use c:choose,c:when,c:otherwise tags inside JSTL
c:choose c:when c:otherwise tags are available as a part of JSTL core tags, JSTL c:choose providing the same functionality as java's switch statement provides
Consider an example where you need to deal with different values, but only one value is correct at a time, In that case you can use C:Choose C:When C:Otherwise tag
c:when tag is for testing different conditions, it may have more than one c:when statements to be tested & c:otherwise is for the default condition to be executed
you can see the below example, which is demonstrating C:Choose C:When C:Otherwise Tag
Required Libraries
JSTL c:choose,c:when,c:otherwise Tag Example
Generic format for c:choose,c:when is following
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c"%> <html> <head> <title>JSTL c:choose,c:when,c:otherwise</title> </head> <body> <c:set scope="request" value="18" var="age" /> Your age is : <c:out value="${age}" /> <c:choose> <c:when test="${age < 18}"> You are a minor </c:when> <c:when test="${age >= 18}"> You are an adult </c:when> <c:otherwise> Not applicable </c:otherwise> </c:choose> </body> </html>
Output
Your age is : 18 You are an adult