java - JSP/JSTL using or not using <c:out> tags

Question

i'm helping develop a java jsp jstl based web service and all dynamic objects are being inserted using ${object.foo} and i was wondering if it made a difference whether or not it was actually in <c:out value="${object.foo} />?

the pages all load correctly, but i wonder if there is something that i'm not seeing that may be an issue.

Answer 1

when you use JSTL core out tag, you have some more options:

• The values that you are passing to the tag will be by default XML-escaped
• You can provide a default value which will be displayed if the value passed is null.