dotJ Software

This page contains all the dotJ related artifacts available for download.

dotJ Custom Tag Library Version 2.8 (FINAL Build 3043)
NOTE: Our Javascript library file and tag library descriptor was changed in version 2.7. Therefore, make sure to re-install the file dotj_2.0.js into the /dotj directory of your web site and also the dotJ.tld if you are upgrading to this newer version!

To view a complete list of changes in this build, click here.
dotJ Custom Tag Library - Technical Reference

This is Version 2.8 of our dotJ Custom Tag Library. It is provided and is fully functional, but will expire on July 31, 2008 at midnight. Once the software expires, each tag will display an error message where the tag usually displays.

dotJ Custom Tag Library [JAR] (923 K) (expires July 31, 2008)
dotJ Tag Library Description [TLD] (112 K)

Installing Version 2.8

1. Copy the two files dotJ.jar and dotJ.tld into the /WEB-INF/lib directory within your application. You can extract the dotJ.tld file from within the dotJ.jar file or download it directly using the link above. Then place the following lines in your application's web.xml descriptor:

<taglib>
<taglib-uri>dotJ</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/lib/dotJ.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>

2. Within the dotJ.jar file that was supplied to you, there are a number of files that you need to extract to your web site. The easiest way to do this is to extract all the files under the /_web directory (and subdirectories) to the root directory of your web site. Assuming the file dotJ.jar is located in C:\ and that the root directory of your web site is C:\MySite, the following will do this for you:

C:\temp> jar -xvf C:\dotJ.jar _web

C:\temp> xcopy .\_web\*.* C:\MySite /E /F /Y
3. Within your web site, there will be two files that you will want to customize. They are:

/WEB-INF/classes/dotj_config.properties

/WEB-INF/classes/dotj_content.properties

Although we provide default values for the various settings within these two files, you will want to customize these for your own needs. See the files for what each setting is and how to customize them.

4. In your JSP pages, add the following line to the top of your page:

<%@ taglib uri="dotJ" prefix="dotj" %>

This valuable technical reference document contains all the information you'll need to start using all of the dotJ tags. With over 90 pages of material, it's a must have when using the dotJ Custom Tag Library.

dotJ Custom Tag Library Technical Reference - [PDF] (897 K)

dotJ Custom Tag Library Technical Reference - [HTML] (1,382 K)