Packaged Tag Files

I have wrote a few Tag Files using jsp 2.0,
You know these tags you can write in jsp code in a .tag file?
I have a directory in my taglib webapp named "/WEB-INF/tags" which contains a bunch of .tags files.
I have some test jsps using the <@ taglib prefix="tags" tagdir="/WEB-INF/tags"> to test the tags
well so far everything is just fine.
by the way I m using tomcat 5.0.9
Now the problem is when I try to package them into a .jar file, according to the j2ee1.4 spec, you can.
here's a excerpt from j2ee 1.4 spec
<< Tag files can be placed in one of two locations: in the /WEB-INF/tags/ directory or subdirectory of a Web application or in a JAR file (see Packaged Tag Files) in the /WEB-INF/lib/ directory of a Web application. Packaged tag files require a tag library descriptor (TLD), an XML document that contains information about a library as a whole and about each tag contained in the library. (See Tag Library Descriptors). Tag files that appear in any other location are not considered tag extensions and are ignored by the Web container. >>
<< Packaged Tag Files
Tag files can be packaged in the /META-INF/tags/ directory in a JAR file installed in the /WEB-INF/lib/ directory of the Web application. Tags placed here are typically part of a reusable library of tags that can be easily used in any Web application. Tag files bundled in a JAR require a tag library descriptor. Tag files that appear in a JAR but are not defined in a TLD are ignored by the Web container. When used in a JAR file, the path subelement of the tag-file element specifies the full path of the tag file from the root of the JAR. Therefore, it must always begin with /META-INF/tags/. Tag files can also be compiled into Java classes and bundled as a tag library. This is useful when you wish to distribute a binary version of the tag library without the original source. If you choose this form of packaging you must use a tool that produces portable JSP code that uses only standard APIs. >>
So I have done the following to make a jar that i could deploy with other webapps
I have packaged my /WEB-INF/tags into a jar but renamed the "/WEB-INF" to "/META-INF" before exporting to the jar.
I wrote a file named "speedweb-taglib.tld" and dropped it in the /META-INF dir in the jar, the file looked like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE taglib PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JSP Tag Library 1.1//EN" "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-jsptaglibrary_1_1.dtd">
<taglib>
<tlib-version>1.0.0</tlib-version>
<short-name>tags</short-name>
<uri>/WEB-INF/speedweb-taglib</uri>
<tag-file>
<name>border</name>
<path>/META-INF/tags/border.tag</path>
</tag-file>
</taglib>
I took the jar copied it to some-other-webapp/WEB-INF/lib
I have a file some-other-webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml that instanciate the tagib like this
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/speedweb-taglib.tld</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/speedweb-taglib.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
I also triied this instead (the spec says it sould be there)
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/speedweb-taglib.tld</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/META-INF/speedweb-taglib.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
So if the .tld must be in /META-INF in the jar, do I need another WEB-INF/speedweb-taglib.tld !?? or can
I just remove it?? (I think so)
I have some test jsps using the <%@ taglib prefix="tags" uri="/WEB-INF/speedweb-taglib.tld" %> to
test the tags (note here i used the uri attribute instead of the tagdir attribute)
But still not working
Is it just tomcat that is buggy??
What a mess!!
I about to give up..
Can someone help?
Can someone point me to some sample code?

Download the jstl tag libs from SUN and install them. Once you have them up and working look at how they are packaged and do the same for you files.

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Secondly, there is text, so I wanted to package the file just as I would in InDesign. Typically I send a pdf, but not sure a pdf would work with this since the red covers the area needing to be printed. So thus why I wanted to package the file to go in case I haven't prepared it correctly for them.
Should It have just been a stroke and not filled in?
Sorry so long-but I try to explain thoroughly from the get-go. Thanks for any help!

SReigel:
A little after the fact, but here are a couple more tidbits for you!
Illustrator doesn't have a Package function like InDe. (Unfortunately!)
If you don't have any placed images in your file, you can convert all the text to outlines and send a native Illustrator file, or a vector EPS, or whatever vector file-type your vendor prefers.
There's an app out there called Art Files that will collect fonts and images a la InDe's Package. It's inexpensive, and I believe it has a fully functional trial if you only need it for one or two files.
Hope it all turned out well.
Regards,
D.

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Hi Everyone,
I have a small problem which you experts are able to help with.
As the subject of this Post has suggested, I have a project which was originally built in NetBean 6.0 and I'm trying to migrate it across to JDeveloper 10.1.3. So far, I've managed to compiled all jsps and java source files successfully but I'm now stuck with the following error messages during building of the project in JDeveloper:
--- START OF ERROR ---
Error(6): Unable to instantiate tag: menu:tab (class: oracle.jsp._tag._tabmenu._tab_tag) Make sure that the tag class is available and that the tag library containing the class is not excluded from this application.
Error(6): Unable to find class for bean: null defined by tag with class: oracle.jsp._tag._tabmenu._tab_tag
--- END OF ERROR ---
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--- START OF TAG FILE ---
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Kind Regards,
John

Hi Guys,
Do we have any workaround to this problem? Any feedback will be welcomed.
Thanks and Regards,
John

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Hello,
Is it possible to invoke tag file from other tag file in the project? Is it allowed by spec?
1. Create empty project with JDeveloper.
2. Create tag file tagFile1.tag using wizard.
3. Create tag file tagFile2.tag using wizard.
4. Drag TagFile2 tag from toolbar to tagFile1.tag in editor pane.
tagFile1.tag is:
<%@ taglib tagdir="/WEB-INF/tags/" prefix="tags"%>
<%@ tag pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
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<%@ tag pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
5. Try to rebuild the project - compilation fails
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Error(3): Unable to find class for bean: null defined by tag with class: oracle.jsp._tag._tagFile2_tag
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Somebody has an idee what I'am doing wrong?

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Hello,
A.
1. Create tag file
2. Create JSP that uses tag file <x:xy />
3. Deploy to OC4J 10.1.3.2.
4. Start OC4J.
4. Access JSP - OK.
B.
1. Create tag file
2. Create JSP that uses tag file <x:xy />
3. Deploy to OC4J 10.1.3.2.
4. Start OC4J with OJVM.
4. Access JSP - OK.
C.
1. Create tag file
2. Create JSP that uses tag file <x:xy> </x:xy>
3. Deploy to OC4J 10.1.3.2.
4. Start OC4J with OJVM.
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user519938,
Am I missing something?
B and C look identical to me.
A and D also look identical to me.
By the way, can you not count above 4?
Good Luck,
Avi.

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I have a couple of tagfiles that generate form elements with specific conventions for the 'name' and 'value' attribute. Basically, a data binding framework.
Dynamic attributes are useful because you can delegate all the usual html attributes to the generated HTML form element: SELECT, INPUT, id, class etc.
The usual way to do this is to concatenate all the "pass-through" attributes to a string, and append this string to the element generated:
<input type="hidden" name="foo" ${dynattrs}/>I'm wondering how to do this in a tagfile in XML format (mytag.tagx), since the XML format forbids syntax like in the example above.
jsp:attribute won't help much, if it's nested inside a c:forEach: it won't apply to the right element.

Ran into the same problem with 'optional attributes'. (see post "JSP 2.0 Tag files outputting elements with conditional attributes" http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=45&threadID=681033)
Found a solution that is not very elegant but does work and saves you the trouble of reverting to Java Tags. Consider the following tag-file that outputs an html input-tag with conditional attributes:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<jsp:root xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page" version="1.2"
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     <jsp:directive.attribute name="name" required="true" type="java.lang.String"/>
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     <jsp:directive.attribute name="value" required="false" type="java.lang.String"/>
     <jsp:directive.attribute name="disabled" required="false" type="java.lang.Boolean"/>
     <jsp:directive.attribute name="hint" required="false" type="java.lang.String"/>
     <jsp:directive.attribute name="cssClass" required="false" type="java.lang.String"/>
     <jsp:text><![CDATA[<input type="text" name="]]><c:out value="${name}"/><![CDATA["]]></jsp:text>
     <c:if test="${!empty id}"><![CDATA[ id="]]><c:out value="${id}"/><![CDATA["]]></c:if>
     <c:if test="${!empty cssClass}"><![CDATA[ class="]]><c:out value="${disabled?(cssClass + '-disabled'):cssClass}"/><![CDATA["]]></c:if>
     <c:if test="${disabled}"><![CDATA[ disabled="disabled"]]></c:if>
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          <c:when test="${!empty hint}"><![CDATA[ value="]]><c:out value="${hint}"/><![CDATA[" onfocus="if(this.value==']]><c:out value="${hint}"/><![CDATA[')this.value='';"]]></c:when>
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     <jsp:text><![CDATA[/>]]></jsp:text>
</jsp:root>In answer to your question: Yes, it looks like an oversight. Using the jsp:attribute tag in a c:forEach doesn't work because the attribute is then applied to the forEach tag. You would have to put the attribute-tag inside a jsp:body tag (inside the forEach). Then it would apply not to the forEach tag but to the tag enclosing the forEach. However, this doesn't work either, or at least it doesn't work in Tomcat 5.5. Could be a bug though, JSP 2.0 is still very buggy (for instance, using a tagfile inside another tagfile from the same taglib doesn't seem to work either...)
Anyway, if you ever find a good solution please let me know by posting to this topic!
TIA

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