Spring - problems loading applicationContext.xml

Question

When trying to run project on Tomcat I get:

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: IOException parsing XML document from class path resource [applicationContext.xml]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [applicationContext.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist

web.xml:

<context-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>classpath:applicationContext.xml</param-value> </context-param>

My applicationContext.xml file is located under src/main/java/applicationContext.xml.

src/main/java is configured as a source folder in the build path of my Eclipse project, so I'm not understanding why Tomcat is not finding applicationContext.xml?

Check if the file it's been copied to your WEB-INF/classes on tomcat. — Ricardo Vila
– Ricardo Vila, Commented Sep 1, 2016 at 12:08
When running the application in a tomcat the path under src/main/java/applicationContext.xml is for sure not on the classpath. Please check what the classpath is and what is on it. — hotzst
– hotzst, Commented Sep 1, 2016 at 12:10
non java files should reside in src/main/resource else they will be ignored. — M. Deinum
– M. Deinum, Commented Sep 1, 2016 at 12:11

Jekin Kalariya · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-01 12:12:05Z

try to put it under WEB-INF directory and do like below

<context-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value> /WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml </param-value> </context-param>

Harshal Khatri · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-01 12:16:19Z

You should give correct path of the context file, as given below <context-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>WEB-INF/classes/applicationContext.xml</param-value> </context-param>

As BeanDefinitionStoreException is thrown when a BeanFactory encounters an invalid bean definition: e.g. in case of incomplete or contradictory bean metadata.

Reference : http://docs.spring.io/autorepo/docs/spring-framework/3.2.17.RELEASE/javadoc-api/org/springframework/beans/factory/BeanDefinitionStoreException.html

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