HowTo create JSP taglibs and their usage in ATG Dynamo

The ATG Dynamo is the pioneer of JSP Taglibs. ATG influenced the standards around Taglibs significant and offered one of the first application servers capable of dealing with Taglibs. How does these Taglibs work?

This HowTo document explains the usage of JSP Taglibs with the ATG Dynamo application server. The document uses an example to guide the reader step-by-step to create a very first Taglib library. Furthermore, the document highlights important aspects during the generation of Taglib libraries.

The example is available for download here on the website.

The index shows the topics covered in the 15-page document.

• 1. Overview
• 2. Single Steps in detail
  • 2.1. Define functionality of tag
  • 2.2. Create implementation of tag
  • 2.3. Adapt tld for library
  • 2.4. Include new taglib in web.xml
  • 2.5. Deploy web app
  • 2.6. Use tag in *.jsp
• 3. Examples
  • 3.1. Example without any scripting variables
  • 3.2. Example setting a scripting variable
  • 3.3. Example using some tags implementing if-functionality
• 4. References