JSTL - XML <x:forEach> Tag

The <x:forEach> tag is used to loop over nodes in an XML document.

Attribute

The <x:forEach> tag has the following attributes −

Attribute	Description	Required	Default
select	The XPath expression to be evaluated	Yes	None
var	Name of the variable to store the current item for each loop	No	None
begin	The start index for the iteration	No	None
end	The end index for the iteration	No	None
step	The size of the index increment while iterating over the collection	No	None
varStatus	The name of the variable in which the status of the iteration is stored	No	None

Example

The following example shows the use of the <x:forEach> tag −

<%@ 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:if Tags</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>

You will receive the following result −

Books Info:

Book Name: Padam History
Book Name: Great Mistry

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