taglib doubt

[Parth Twari]

Source; Marcus
Which of the following is a correct taglib declaration within a JSP page?

1)
<%@ taglib uri="WEB-INF/taglib.tld" prefix="h" %>
2)
<%@ taglib tagdir="/WEB-INF/tags/taglib.tld" prefix="h" %>
3)
<%@ taglib tagdir="/WEB-INF/lib/taglib.tld" prefix="h" %>
4)
<%@ taglib tagdir="/WEB-INF/tags/taglib.tld" prefix="jsp" %>

Answer: 1, 2

But i think only 1 is correct as 2nd is pointing to a file which is wrong, tagdir should point only to a directory
right?

[Frits Walraven]

But i think only 1 is correct as 2nd is pointing to a file which is wrong, tagdir should point only to a directory
right?

You are right it should be a directory, otherwise a translation error arises:

JSP.1.10.2
Indicates this prefix is to be used to identify tag extensions
installed in the /WEB-INF/tags/ directory or a subdirectory.
An implicit tag library descriptor is used (see Section JSP.8.4
for details). A translation error must occur if the value does
not start with /WEB-INF/tags/. A translation error must occur
if the value does not point to a directory that exists. A
translation error must occur if used in conjunction with the
uri attribute.

Regards,
Frits

[Parth Twari]

ok thanks..