TLDs in EAR-bundled JARs not found. (Glassfish Issue 590)

JAR-packed JSP tag libraries bundled in EAR files cannot be referenced by the JSP pages of a WAR file that is part of the EAR, even if the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF resources of that WAR file lists the tag library JAR file(s) in its Class-Path manifest attribute.

When accessing a JSP page that imports a tag library packaged in one the EAR file's JAR files, an error message similar to the following will appear in the server log and the JSP page will fail to compile:

The absolute uri: <taglib_uri> cannot be resolved in either web.xml or 
the jar files deployed with this application

Solution

Bundle any JSP tag library JAR files in the WEB-INF/lib directory of any WAR file whose JSP pages import those tag libraries.

More information about this bug can be found on the Glassfish site at https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=590.