The absolute uri: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core cannot be resolved in either web.xml or the jar files deployed with this application

The jsp page gives the following error : The absolute uri: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core cannot be resolved in either web.xml or the jar files deployed with this application

Even if you include this:

<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>

in your jsp page, it still gives the error.

The reason is that it depends upon the web app version. The web app version is defined in the web.xml file as follows:

Here’s an example of what to look for in web.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

  web-app-25
...

You can see the version="2.5" designation in here. This means that within this web application, we will be able to use JSP 2.1 and JSTL 1.2 features.


Here, the web app version is 2.3.

So, if you are using web app version 2.3, then we should use :

<%@taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/core" %>

For Web app versions 2.4 & 2.5, you should use:

<%@taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>

Complete Error Trace:

WARNING: /SpringDemo/customer.htm:
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: The absolute uri: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core cannot be resolved in either web.xml or the jar files deployed with this application
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:50)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:407)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:114)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagLibraryInfoImpl.generateTLDLocation(TagLibraryInfoImpl.java:316)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagLibraryInfoImpl.<init>(TagLibraryInfoImpl.java:147)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseTaglibDirective(Parser.java:423)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:492)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1552)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:126)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:211)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:100)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:155)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:295)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:276)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:264)
at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:563)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:303)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:428)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler.dispatch(WebApplicationHandler.java:473)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Dispatcher.dispatch(Dispatcher.java:286)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Dispatcher.forward(Dispatcher.java:171)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:239)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:250)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1072)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:808)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:726)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:636)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:556)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:616)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:428)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler.dispatch(WebApplicationHandler.java:473)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:568)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1530)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationContext.handle(WebApplicationContext.java:633)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1482)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpServer.service(HttpServer.java:909)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.service(HttpConnection.java:820)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:986)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:837)
at org.mortbay.http.SocketListener.handleConnection(SocketListener.java:245)
at org.mortbay.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:357)
at org.mortbay.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:534)

Reference : http://www.mularien.com/blog/2008/04/24/how-to-reference-and-use-jstl-in-your-web-application/