title: What does <%@ mean in JSP?
body: <p>I'm dissecting a JSP application I found <a href="https://code.google.com/p/spring-finance-manager/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> to try to learn more about it.</p>
  
  <p>I come across a lot of <code>&lt;%@...</code> but I'm not sure what it means and I can't find it explained anywhere.</p>
  
  <p>For example in this context:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;%@ taglib prefix="spring" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags" %&gt;
  &lt;%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form" %&gt;
  &lt;%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %&gt;
  &lt;%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %&gt;
  &lt;%@ taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" %&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What does angle bracket percentage sign at symbol mean?</p>