16.10. Packaging and Installing a Tag Library

During development, you may want to let the tag library classes and the TLD file reside as-is in the filesystem, since it makes it easy to change the TLD and modify and recompile the classes. Just make sure the class files are stored in a directory that's part of the classpath for the JSP container, such as the WEB-INF/classes directory for the web application. The TLD must also be in a directory where the JSP container can find it. The recommended location is the WEB-INF/tlds directory. To identify the library with the TLD stored in this location, use a taglib directive in the JSP pages like this:

<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tlds/orataglib_1_0.tld" prefix="ora" %>