Remove c:out tag

Question

Hello
I am using tomcat 5.0
In my jsp file, I have to type like this
Name: <c:out value="${myVariable}"/>I know that I can have something like
Name: ${myVariable}In the top of jsp, I have
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" %>How I can remove <c:out ...... />
Thanks

Answer 1

Well you open the file in your favorite editor, find the line with the <c:out> you don't want, highlight the first part of it (up to the ${, and hit the key labelled "delete", then highlight the tail part of it,  (from } to the end) and press delete again.
Or you could use a tool to do a global search and replace.
But seriously - why do it? What does it hurt? What could it break?
The <c:out> tag escapes html characters for you, so you ARE changing the functionality of the application by doing this.
Actually taking a closer look, you are using JSTL1.0 (from the URI)
If you have a JSP2.0 compatible container (eg Tomcat 5 + ) you should just upgrade to JSTL1.1
- replace standard.jar and jstl.jar
- change your import line to <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %> (note the subtle addition of /jsp)
- upgrade the declaration in web.xml to register that it is 2.4, rather than 2.3 (using the new xml schema syntax)
Cheers,
evnafets