ClassPathXmlApplicationContext cannot find the xml file

Question

I read several posts regarding this but still don't understand how to solve my issue. I am creating a Spring Web Service using this source as a starting point: http://eggsylife.co.uk/2010/01/03/spring-3-restful-web-services/

It has src/main/java folders and src/main/webapp/...

I want to add a rest client in com.spring.client/RestClient.java:

public static void main(String[] args) {
        ApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("/META-INF/client-context.xml");
        RestTemplate restTemplate = (RestTemplate)ctx.getBean("restTemplate");

        addStudent(restTemplate);
    }

But when I try to run it, it cannot find the client-context.xml file no matter where I put it. I'tried "client-context.xml", "META-INF/client-context.xml", etc...

I've tried putting my client-context.xml in src/main, src/main/webapp, src/main/webapp/META-INF, src/main/webapp/WEB-INF, ...

It seems weird. I looked around and found another Spring REST tutorial with a working client. In that project, the src/main/webapp folders have a blue "S" on top of it while my other project does it. It's just a regular looking folder.

Does that make a difference? How do I fix this error?

Thanks!

Bozho · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-22 19:55:24Z

7

src/main/resources/META-INF. The classpath root is WEB-INF/classes, and src/main/resources goes there, together with src/main/java

answered Aug 22, 2011 at 19:55

Bozho

599k147 gold badges1.1k silver badges1.2k bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

3 Comments

oky_sabeni Over a year ago

OK. I create a folder in src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes and put the client.xml in there and it seems to find it. Thanks.

Bozho Over a year ago

the proper place is src/main/resources though.

oky_sabeni Over a year ago

OK. I put it in src/main/resources

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

ClassPathXmlApplicationContext cannot find the xml file

1 Answer 1

3 Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

3 Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related