How to alternate HTML table row colors using JSP?

Question

How do I alternate HTML table row colors using JSP?

My CSS looks something like:

tr.odd {background-color: #EEDDEE}
tr.even {background-color: #EEEED         


        

Answer 1

Use the varStatus attribute on your forEach tag and JSTL will manage an instance of a javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.core.LoopTagStatus for you in the variable name you specify.

You can then use a ternary operator to easily output the appropriate class name:

  
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This JSTL primer from IBM has more information about the core tag library and what it gives you.