Using JSP taglib for paging

Step 1 download jsp taglib from

http://jsptags.com/tags/navigation/pager/download.jsp

Step 2

Copy pager-taglib.tld in WEB-INF directory of web application

Copy pager-taglib.jar in WEB-INF/lib directory of web application

Step 3 Define tld in web.xml

<taglib>

<taglib-uri>http://jsptags.com/tags/navigation/pager</taglib-uri>

<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/pager-taglib.tld</taglib-location>

</taglib>

Step 4 Define the tag lib in jsp

<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/pager-taglib.tld" prefix="pg" %>

Step 5 Define number of pages to display etc in jsp

<pg:pager maxIndexPages="10"

maxPageItems="10"

export="pagerPageNumber=pageNumber" >

<!-- pagerPageNumber is used by me in the logic to display the current page in different color with out link-->

Step 6 Create a loop for displaying data

<% while (crs.next())

<!—where crs is cached row set, this object must be ArrayList, Vector, Collection, ResultSet which can be scrolled -- >

<pg:item>

{

%>

<% out.print(crs.getString("L820FIRM").trim()); %>

<%

}

%>

</pg:item>

Step 7 Logic to display the page numbers and next page and previous page arrows for navigation

<pg:index>

<pg:prev>

<a href="<%=pageUrl%>" <!-- some image text to display navigation to previous page -- > < </a>

</pg:prev>

<pg:pages>

if (pageNumber == pagerPageNumber)

{

// same page so no link here

<%=pageNumber%>

}

else

{

// other pages where the user can jump

<a href="<%=pageUrl%>" ><%= pageNumber %></a>

}

</pg:pages>

<pg:next>

<a href="<%=pageUrl%>" <!-- some image text to display navigation to next page > -- > > </a>

</pg:next>

</pg:index>

Step 8 end of pager taglib

</pg:pager>

More documentation can be found at

http://jsptags.com/tags/navigation/pager/pager-taglib-2.0.html