Right path to applicationContext.xml using ClassPathXmlApplicationContext

Question

I have working web-application with applicationContext.xml in WEB-INF/config/applicationContext.xml. Now i need to implement some testing tool as standalone application, that can use the same applicationContext.xml, but have problem with path to config for ClassPathXmlApplicationContext class.

I know that when i copy applicationContext.xml to default package (where .java resides) i can use ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("applicationContext.xml"), but is this necessary ?

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

public class AdminTool {

    private Logger log = Logger.getLogger(getClass());

    /** all below doesn't work - FileNotFoundException) **/
    private static final ApplicationContext ac = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("/WEB-INF/config/applicationContext.xml");
    private static final ApplicationContext ac = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("config/applicationContext.xml");
    private static final ApplicationContext ac = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("../config/applicationContext.xml");

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new AdminTool();
    }

    public AdminTool() {
        log.debug(ac);
    }

}

Sean Patrick Floyd · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-26T09:28:40.633

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In a local test scenario, you are not inside a Jar, so you don't need Classpath-based access. Use FileSystemXmlApplicationContext instead.

Probably something like this:

private static final ApplicationContext ac =
    new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext(
        "src/WEB-INF/config/applicationContext.xml"
    );

(paths are relative from the execution directory)

edited Jan 26 '11 at 09:28

answered Jan 26 '11 at 09:22

Sean Patrick Floyd

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I was thinking about running my AdminTool using webapp.war. Will it be possible using FileSystemXmlApplicationContext ? – marioosh Jan 26 '11 at 09:41
@marioosh No, in a war you have the same problems as in a jar: there are no files, just entries. Is the war deployed to a servlet container or local? – Sean Patrick Floyd Jan 26 '11 at 09:53
@Patrick I would like to use AdminTool class from .war without deploying. PS: I have maven project: new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext("src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/config/applicationContext.xml"); works when i run AdminTool in Eclipse – marioosh Jan 26 '11 at 10:03

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 26 '11 at 11:19

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This is the reason why I prefer to put all configuration files in classes folder. In fact, using Maven, you can put all these files in src/main/resources. Then, in your test files you can access as 'classpath:applicationContext.xml'.

answered Jan 26 '11 at 11:19

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 26 '11 at 09:54

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private static final ApplicationContext ac =
    new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext(
        "/WEB-INF/config/applicationContext.xml"
    );

answered Jan 26 '11 at 09:54

jmj

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 01 '15 at 12:00

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private static final ApplicationContext ac =
new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext(
    "/WEB-INF/config/applicationContext.xml"
);

edited Oct 01 '15 at 12:00

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answered Oct 01 '15 at 11:40

Dusmant

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Please explain why the below code having issues compared with above code. – Phani Oct 01 '15 at 13:03

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 05 '18 at 18:40

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please go to property>Java Build Path>Source of your project check the classpath and add the directory before WEB-INF in the classpath. definitely it's work

answered Feb 05 '18 at 18:40

Milind

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Right path to applicationContext.xml using ClassPathXmlApplicationContext

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