Is the spring.tld uri accessible via the web?

[cbohnert]

Is the spring.tld uri accessible via the web?

To clarify can I specify the taglib location like I can with JSTL:
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" %>
or
do I need to maintain a local copy, as i see in all examples I've found.

Thanks

[dwsmith75]

from spring.tld:

<uri>http&#58;//www.springframework.org/tags</uri>

So if you have < 2.4 contrainer all u need is

<%@ taglib prefix="spring" uri="http&#58;//www.springframework.org/tags" %>

As long you have the spring.jar in lib

[cmgharris]

I am using jboss 3.2.5/tomcat 5.0.?, which is servlet 2.4

However spring.jar is not in WEB-INF/lib.
I am deploying my app as an ear, with spring.jar as a jar in the top level ear directory.

In this case the code above doesn't work, and I need a local copy of spring.tld in WEB-INF.
Is this because of the location of spring.jar?
If so, is there any way to get it to work with spring.jar in a different location?

[katentim]

Is this because of the location of spring.jar?

Yes. The TLD can be found implicitly in the META-INF directory of JARs in WEB-INF/lib (you can make it explicit as shown below - relative to WEB-INF):

<taglib>
  <taglib-uri>/springframework</taglib-uri>
  <taglib-location>lib/spring.jar</taglib-location>
</taglib>

is there any way to get it to work with spring.jar in a different location?

Yes. Copy spring.tld into /WEB-INF/tlds. It should be found implicitly, but you can make it explicit by adding the following to the web.xml.

<taglib>
    <taglib-uri>/springframework</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/tlds/spring.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>

then it can be used as:

<%@ taglib uri=”/springframework” prefix=”spring” %>

There is a fallback rule with 2.4 that is less flexible, so you could use:

<%@ taglib uri=”/WEB-INF/tlds/spring.tld” prefix=”spring” %>

[cmgharris]

So, if I'm understanding correctly, if spring.jar is outside my webapp's war, or to be more specific, outside WEB-INF, then I must have a copy of the tld file somewhere within the WEB-INF directory structure.

Thanks for your help,