cannot find file with ClassPathXmlApplicationContext

Question

I have a default package called com.voja.springtest and another one called com.voja.springtest.beans where I have an beans.xml file.

I can get it like so using FileSystemXmlApplicationContext :

ApplicationContext context = new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext("C:/Users/Voja/Desktop/_/vj/springtest/src/main/java/com/voja/springtest/beans/beans.xml");

But ClassPathXmlApplicationContext can't find it like so (and it should per the tutorial I am doing):

ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("com/voja/springtest/beans/beans.xml");

Why?

xyz · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-30 19:37:30Z

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you use wrong parh , in your case it should be like :

ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("classpath*:beans.xml");

4.7.2.2 The classpath*: prefix

When constructing an XML-based application context, a location string may use the special classpath*: prefix:

ApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("classpath*:conf/appContext.xml"); This special prefix specifies that all classpath resources that match the given name must be obtained (internally, this essentially happens via a ClassLoader.getResources(...) call), and then merged to form the final application context definition.

The Classpath*: portability classpath*: prefix

answered Jun 30, 2017 at 19:37

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Vojislav Kovacevic Over a year ago

Thanks, this seems to find it but now it complains that it cannot find the actual bean, and with FileSystem I had no problem whatsoever. Any idea why classpath can find the xml file but not the bean defined within it? Once again, it worked with FileSystem.

xyz Over a year ago

move this file beans.xml into 'C:/Users/Voja/Desktop/_/vj/springtest/src/main/resources'. resources - it's right place for config

RSingh · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-30 19:49:05Z

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FileSystemXmlApplicationContext picks the XML file from absolute path by appending keyword "file" and also can fetch from classpath by appending keyword "classpath". You can access the file as below

ApplicationContext context = new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext("classpath:spring-app.xml");

answered Jun 30, 2017 at 19:49

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