What is a taglib?
java, taglib
Solution
The JavaServer Pages API allows you to define custom JSP tags that look like HTML or XML tags and a tag library is a set of user-defined tags that implement custom behavior.
The taglib directive declares that your JSP page uses a set of custom tags, identifies the location of the library, and provides a means for identifying the custom tags in your JSP page.
Original source: JSP - The taglib Directive
Problem
Can someone explain what a taglib is in respect to Java programming? It contains a prefix and uri...but what do each of these refer to? I looked up a number of different websites but am frankly am still confused about what it is and what it does.