JavaServer Pages, 3rd Edition

Name

<jsp-config>

Synopsis

The <jsp-config> element embeds most elements dealing JSP configuration. You must only use one element of this type in a deployment descriptor.

Syntax

<jsp-config>
  [<taglib>
    <taglib-uri>taglibURI</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>filePath</taglib-location>
   </taglib>]*
  [<jsp-property-group>
     [<description [xml:lang="lang"]>description</description>]*
     [<display-name [xml:lang="lang"]>displayName</display-name>]*
     [<icon [xml:lang="lang"]>
        [<small-icon>iconPath</small-icon>]
        [<large-icon>iconPath</large-icon>]
      </icon>]*
     <url-pattern>urlPattern</url-pattern>+
     [<el-ignored>true|false</el-ignored>]
     [<page-encoding>encoding</page-encoding>]
     [<scripting-invalid>true|false</scripting-invalid>]
     [<is-xml>true|false</is-xml>]
     [<include-prelude>filePath</include-prelude>]*
     [<include-coda>filePath</include-coda]*
   </jsp-property-group>]*
</jsp-config>

Nested <taglib> elements map the symbolic name for a tag library specified by the taglib directive in a JSP page to the location of the Tag Library Descriptor (TLD) file or JAR file that contains the TLD file. The <taglib-uri> element value must match the uri attribute value used in the JSP page and the <taglib-location> subelement contains the context-relative path to the library file:

<jsp-config>
  <taglib>
    <taglib-uri>orataglib</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/lib/orataglib_1_0.jar</taglib-location>
  </taglib>
</jsp-config>

With the introduction of the auto-discovery feature in JSP 1.2, this element is rarely needed. For more ...