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<C: choose>, <c: when>, <c: otherwise> tag

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<C: choose> tag and function Java switch statement as to make a choice in a number of options.

switch statement has a case, but <c: choose> tag has a corresponding <c: when>, switch statement with a default, and <c: choose> tag in <c: otherwise>.

Syntax

<c:choose>
    <c:when test="<boolean>"/>
        ...
    </c:when>
    <c:when test="<boolean>"/>
        ...
    </c:when>
    ...
    ...
    <c:otherwise>
        ...
    </c:otherwise>
</c:choose>

Attributes

  • <C: choose> tag has no attributes.
  • <C: when> tag has only one attribute, have given in the following table.
  • <C: otherwise> tag has no attributes.

<C: when> tag properties as follows:

Attributes description If necessary Defaults
test condition Yes no

Examples Demo

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"
    pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>c:choose 标签实例</title>
</head>
<body>
<c:set var="salary" scope="session" value="${2000*2}"/>
<p>你的工资为 : <c:out value="${salary}"/></p>
<c:choose>
    <c:when test="${salary <= 0}">
       太惨了。
    </c:when>
    <c:when test="${salary > 1000}">
       不错的薪水,还能生活。
    </c:when>
    <c:otherwise>
        什么都没有。
    </c:otherwise>
</c:choose>
</body>
</html>

Results are as follows:

你的工资为 : 4000

不错的薪水,还能生活。

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