To use a JAR file in a web module, you must make the JAR file available to
the IDE's class path and to the web server's class path. The easiest way to
do this is to place the JAR file in the web module's WEB-INF/lib
directory.
Use one of the following methods to add a JAR file to a web module:
WEB-INF/lib
directory as the target destination
when you build the JAR file. WEB-INF/lib
directory and choose choose Add
JSP Tag Library The IDE separately mounts all JAR files in the WEB-INF/lib
directory
so that they are available to the IDE's class path.
An alternative to placing the JAR file in the WEB-INF/lib
directory
is to place the JAR file in both the NetBeans ext/lib
directory
and the directory for the web server's shared libraries.