Question

We usually give reference to external taglib as <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/portlet_2_0" prefix="portlet"%>

Can we define our custom taglib and uri in our jsp as below?

<%@ taglib uri="com.mycompany.taglib" prefix="custom"%>

Answer 1

Can we define our custom taglib?

Yes

What you have to do is create a tag handler class and tld file then import that tld file in your jsp page as

<%@taglib prefix="myCustomTag" tagdir="/WEB-INF/myCustomerTag.tld"%>

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Useful links:

• Create custom taglib – IBM
• Tutorial: Create JSP custom tag library