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Notice that you added the subtask jsptaglib to create a TLD file called

mytaglib

under

the

WEB INF

directory of your Web application as follows:

jspversion="1.2"

destdir="${WEBINF}/tlds"

shortname="basic"

filename="mytaglib.tld"/>

Also notice that you added a sub element under the

deploymentdescriptor

sub task

to generate the taglib declaration in the

web.xml

file as follows:

destdir="${WEBINF}" >

location="WEB INF/tlds/mytaglib.tld"

/>

The above would generate the following entry in the

web.xml

file as follows:

mytaglib

WEB INF/tlds/mytaglib.tld

Testing your new JSP Custom Tag

Granted this JSP Custom tag is basic and does not do much  but it does work and

demonstrates a lot of the features you can implement with Custom Tags There is a

JSP file called

happy.jsp

in the docroot of this project. Once you run the Ant deploy

target, you can edit the JSP file and try all the alternatives. Essentially, it will iterate the

body as many times as you specify with the iterate attribute. The includeBody attribute

flags specifies whether or not the body should be included, and the includePage

attribute specifies whether or not the rest of the JSP file should be evaluated. I tried

many permutations and it works as advertised.

<%@page contentType="text/html"%>

<%@taglib uri="mytaglib" prefix="mytag"%>

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