The JSP taglib directive is used to define a tag library that defines many tags. We use the TLD (Tag Library Descriptor) file to define the tags. In the custom tag section we will use this tag so it will be better to learn it in custom tag.

Syntax JSP Taglib directive

<%@ taglib uri="uriofthetaglibrary" prefix="prefixoftaglibrary" %>

Example of JSP Taglib directive

In this example, we are using our tag named currentDate. To use this tag we must specify the taglib directive so the container may get information about the tag.

  
  
  
<%@ taglib uri="http://www.javatpoint.com/tags" prefix="mytag" %>