Fix (APAR):  PQ84196

Status:  Fix

Release:  5.0.2.3,5.0.2.2,5.0.2.1

Operating System:  All

Supersedes Fixes:  

CMVC Defect:  PQ84196

Byte size of APAR:  9767

Date: 2004-03-12

Abstract:  Should be able to load .tld file from WEB-INF.

Description/symptom of problem:  When a JSP has a taglib tag similar to the following:
<%@ taglib uri="http://my.co.com/subdir/mytaglib" prefix="implicity" %>
and the mytaglib.tld is under WEB-INF/subdir of the WAR, WebSphere JSP Engine can not find the .tld file. 
JSP Engine should load .tld file from WEB-INF if the taglib specified in a jsp is a WEB uri. It is clearified in JSP spec 2.0 but JSP Engine that implements jsp spec 1.2 should follow the same rule.
The root course of this problem is that JSP Engine did not search WEB-INF as it should; it threw FileNotFoundException instead.

The fix should not change any other behaviour of the JSP Engine except loading .tld files from WEB-INF and its subdirectories. 







Directions to apply fix:  

NOTE:  YOU MUST FIRST DOWNLOAD THE UPDATE INSTALLER TOOL IN ORDER TO INSTALL A FIX.
       The Fix Installer can be downloaded from the following link:
       http://www-3.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/support/index.html

1) Create temporary "fix" directory to store the jar file:
             UNIX: /tmp/WebSphere/fix
          Windows: c:\temp\WebSphere\fix

2) Copy jar file to the directory

3) Shutdown WebSphere

4) Follow the Fix installation instructions that are packaged with the Fix Installer on how to install the Fix.

5) Restart WebSphere

6) The temp directory may be removed.







Directions to remove fix:  
NOTE:  FIXES MUST BE REMOVED IN THE ORDER THEY WERE APPLIED.  DO NOT REMOVE A FIX UNLESS
     ALL FIXES APPLIED AFTER IT HAVE FIRST BEEN REMOVED.  YOU MAY REAPPLY ANY REMOVED FIX.

Example:  If your system has fix1, fix2, and fix3 applied in that order and fix2 is to be
          removed, fix3 must be removed first, fix2 removed, and fix3 re-applied.


1) Shutdown WebSphere

2) Follow the instructions that are packaged with the Fix Installer on how to uninstall the Fix.

3) Restart WebSphere







Directions to re-apply fix:  
1) Shutdown WebSphere

2) Follow the Fix instructions that are packaged with the Fix Installer on how to uninstall and reinstall the Fix.

3) Restart WebSphere









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