Compilation error using Custom Tags

[knowitnot]

hi.

i'm having some difficulty working with a simple custom tag. when i load the jsp file, i receive a runtime error that reads...

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP

An error occurred at line: 1 in the jsp file: /MySimplePage.jsp

Generated servlet error:
[javac] Compiling 1 source file

C:\Tomcat\work\Catalina\localhost\myJSPApp\org\apache\jsp\MySimplePage_jsp.java:42: ';' expected
taglib uri="/myTLD" prefix="easy"
^
1 error

here's the tld file
<taglib>
<taglibversion>1.0</taglibversion>
<shortname></shortname>
<name>myTag</name>
<tagclass>com.brainysoftware.MyCustomTag</tagclass>
</taglib>

here's the customtag class
package com.brainysoftware;
import javax.servlet.jsp.*;
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.*;

public class MyCustomTag extends TagSupport {

public int doEndTag() throws JspException {
JspWriter out = pageContext.getOut();
try {
out.println("Hello from the custom tag.");
}
catch (Exception e) {
}
return super.doEndTag();
}
}

and finally here's the deployment descriptor web.xml
<display-name>template</display-name>
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>/myTLD</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/taglib.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
</web-app>

all the files are in the correct directory structure but i can't seem to find the problem. any help would be appreciated.

 

[knowitnot]

one more thing i left out... =P

the jsp file!

<% taglib uri="/myTLD" prefix="easy" %>
<easy:myTag/>

 

[venur]

Hi,

You need to change your tld file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE taglib PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JSP Tag Library 1.1//EN" "[URL unfurl="true"]http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-jsptaglibrary_1_1.dtd">[/URL]
<taglib>
    <tlibversion>1.0</tlibversion>
    <jspversion>1.1</jspversion>
    <shortname>mt</shortname>
    <uri></uri>
    <info>My first Tag library</info>
    <tag>
        <name>myTag</name>
        <tagclass>examples.taglib.MyCustomTag</tagclass>
        <bodycontent>empty</bodycontent>

    </tag>
</taglib>

In the jsp page use the taglib

<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/myTag.tld" prefix="my"%>

<my:myTag/>

in web.xml

<taglib>
<taglib-uri>myTag</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/myTag.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>

Cheers
Venu