Thanks for the response. I think I found the solution I was looking
for... after browsing through the define taglib sources:
Use define:bean, as in:
define:taglib uri=myplugin
define:tag name=dependency-handle/
define:bean name=mytag className=com.foo.MyTag/
define:bean
There are a couple of alternatives.
Like the artifact plugin, you can wrap the java in a jellybean, and
use the exported tag library for that. I think this is what you
describe below as unsatisfactory.
The other alternative is to put the tag library in a JAR, add that as
a dependency on the
