Confirmation About tag files inside jar

[Gowher Naik]

if we have to store tld files inside jar we have to store inside META-INF folder.
What if we store tag file inside jar?
should we store tag files inside META-INF folder inside jar.

Thanks

[Sreeraj G Harilal]

If we want to deploy tag files as jar then the tag file must be placed in under WEB-INF/tags directory or its Subdirectory

example:
/WEB-INF/tags/example.tag
/WEB-INF/tags/MyDirectory/example.tag

Then you have to create a tld file for that tag file.
The tld file must be placed under META-INF directory.
The tld file must use <tag-file> tag instead of <tag> tag.

example:

<taglib>
�
<uri>www.manning.com/scwcd/example</uri>
<tag-file>
<name>example</name>
<path>/META-INF/tags/example.tag</path>
</tag-file>
</taglib>

then make a jar file for that META-INF directory then place it in WEB-INF/lib directory

[Arvind Giri]

A tag file can be placed anywhere in the jar. But it must have a tld, which should be there in META-INF or its sub-folder.

[Sreeraj G Harilal]

SORRY IT WAS A MISTAKE. The above answer was wrong!
means use META-INF instead of WEB-INF
Here is the correct.

If we want to deploy tag files as jar then the tag file must be placed in under META-INF/tags directory or its Subdirectory

example:
/META-INF/tags/example.tag
/META-INF/tags/MyDirectory/example.tag

Then you have to create a tld file for that tag file.
The tld file must be placed under META-INF directory.
The tld file must use <tag-file> tag instead of <tag> tag.

example:

<taglib>
�
<uri>www.manning.com/scwcd/example</uri>
<tag-file>
<name>example</name>
<path>/META-INF/tags/example.tag</path>
</tag-file>
</taglib>

then make a jar file for that META-INF directory then place it in WEB-INF/lib directory

[Sreeraj G Harilal]

No Aravind Giri, i think you are wrong tag files must be place under META-INF/tags directory or its subdirctory for jar deployment.

[Dilshan Edirisuriya]

I also think that tag files must go to tags or it's subdirectory.

[Arvind Giri]

Yes Guys! You are right!

I got confused with <path> element which requires full path.