Custom JSP taglib. This taglib lets you proceed text files in special formats like commas separated values etc. For example:
 

Body tag forEachRow executes own body for the each row from the given file. Tag getField lets you read (or just print) some column.

Tags are:

forEachRow

Body tag. Executes own body for the each row from the given file. Parameters are:

1) file Describes a file
2) separator Optional parameter. Describes a separator. Default value is , (comma).
3) start Optional parameter. Describes a number for the first row to process. Default value is 1.
3) count Optional parameter. Describes a number of rows to process. By default tag processes all rows.

getField

Reads the current (next) field from row. Tag saves extracted value in page scope variable (type is java.lang.String) or prints it. Parameters are:

1) id Optional parameter. Describes a page scope variable.

getFields

Reads all the fields from current row and saves them in the page scope array. Parameters are:

1) id Describes a page scope variable. Type is com.cj.csv.Fields. This bean has got the following methods:
int size() - counts fields
String getField(int) - returns a field by the index starting from 0
String getFields() - returns all the fields as java.lang.String[]

for downloading:

Library: csvtag.jar    Description: taglib.tld

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