[jstl-dev] Proposal to not move the tlds to the API

[Paul Nicolucci <pnicolucci@xxxxxxxxx>]

HI,

As far as  I can tell the tlds have always been part of the implementation. This is because these are implementation-specific and have multiple references to the implementation. As a couple of examples:

1) c.tld: tag-class:
     <tag-class>org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.rt.core.IfTag</tag-class>

2) fn.tld: function-class
     <function-class>org.apache.taglibs.standard.functions.Functions</function-class>

I don't see how the tlds could ever be made part of the API and removed from the implementation.

As such I have the following proposal:

1) Close: https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jstl-api/issues/78 and add some information to the issue as to why we would not move the tlds to the API.

2) I also think we should not publish the TagDoc as part of the API/Specification here: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/tags/2.0/

As an alternative, we could publish the TagDoc as part of the compatible implementation section.

Are there any objections to this proposal? I'd like to close this issue for Jakarta EE10.

Thanks,

Paul Nicolucci