JSTL XML <x:out> Tag

The <x:out> tag is used for displaying the result of an xml Path expression and writes the result to JSP writer object. It is similar to the scriptlet tag <%= %> used in JSP.

The syntax used for including the <x:out> tag is:

Let's see the simple example to understand the xml <x:out> 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>XML Tags</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Vegetable Information:</h2>
<c:set var="vegetable">
<vegetables>
    <vegetable>
      <name>onion</name>
      <price>40/kg</price>
    </vegetable>
 <vegetable>
      <name>Potato</name>
      <price>30/kg</price>
    </vegetable>
 <vegetable>
      <name>Tomato</name>
      <price>90/kg</price>
    </vegetable>
</vegetables>
</c:set>
<x:parse xml="${vegetable}" var="output"/>
<b>Name of the vegetable is</b>:
<x:out select="$output/vegetables/vegetable[1]/name" /><br>
<b>Price of the Potato is</b>:
<x:out select="$output/vegetables/vegetable[2]/price" />
</body>
</html>

Output: