Using Custom Objects

As a page author, you might need to use custom converters, validators, or components packaged with the application on your JSP pages.

A custom converter is applied to a component either by using the component tag's converter attribute or by nesting a converter tag inside the component's tag.

A custom validator is applied to a component by nesting either a validator tag or the validator's custom tag inside the component's tag.

To use a custom component, you use the custom tag associated with the component.

As explained in Setting Up a Page (page 676), you must ensure that the TLD that defines the custom tags is packaged in the application. TLD files are stored in the WEB-INF directory or subdirectory of the WAR file or in ...

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