problem with custom tags

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Under directory /webapps/examples I have created a custom tag, a TLD file (examples/WEB-INF/exampleTags.tld) and have amended my web.xml file using.

<taglib>
<taglib-uri>

http://www.popmate.co.uk/taglib

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

I have inserted a reference to the TLD into my JSP ie.

<%@ taglib prefix=&quot;example&quot; uri=&quot;

http://www.popmate.co.uk/taglib&quot;

%>

and my custom tags works fine.

However when I move all of the relevant files to a new folder /webapps/test I get an error telling me that the JSP cannot locate the TLD file.

When I change the taglib to a relative link ie.

<%@ taglib prefix=&quot;example&quot; uri=&quot;/WEB-INF/exampleTags.tld&quot; %>

everything works fine again. Any idea why the web.xml reference to the TLD stops working outside of the examples directory.

Thanks


Andy