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The Six Steps to Building Tag Libraries

The actual building of a tag library is a six-step process:

1.	Place your business logic into a Java class file. Typically, this means using JavaBeans.
2.	Create a tag handler. This Java class file contains the code that implements each tag's functionality.
3.	Create a TLD (tag library descriptor) file. This file describes the tag library for the JSP system.
4.	Create a distribution file. Tag libraries are portable and generally a programmer will package a tag library for distribution. This is optional.
5.	Register the tag library. This step tells the JSP container where to find the TLD file. This can be as easy as dropping a JAR file into the JSP application.
6.	Place the tag library on a JSP page. ...