short-name and prefix

[Renu Radhika]

Should the short-name tag in tld match with the prefix in taglib directive?

[Vassili Vladimir]

Hi,

No, it's not a must.

The prefix can be anything you like.

Best regards ...

[Renu Radhika]

So whats the significance of short-name element in TLD?

[Aniket Patil]

short-name a simple default short name that could be used by a JSP page
authoring tool to create names with a mnemonic value; for
example, the it may be used as the preferred prefix value in taglib
directives.

Please learn to use the Servlet and JSP Specifications.

[Renu Radhika]

So I guess the word preferred makes the difference.Its not mandatory but its preferred