Question

I have a java application that use spring with a spring.xml file in the web content. I have in my java class this piece of code:

ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("WEB-INF/spring-conf.xml");
WService ws = (WService) context.getBean("service");

In that spring.xml I import a xml file that lives in a library (bundle) that I’ve put in my project as an external library.

<import resource="classpath:/org/bundle/spring2.xml" />

and it works but in spring2.xml and in the bundle there are also:

<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
  <property name="location">
    <value>../properties/environment.properties</value>
  </property>
</bean>
<import resource="../commons/datasources.xml"></import>
<import resource="../commons/context-resources.xml"></import>

and I can’t find these xml files because they live in the bundle, not in my webcontent.
How can I indicate in my spring-conf.xml the positions of the other xml files from the beginning?
If there are another method to do this you’re welcome.
Thank you very much.

Answer 1

Try importing yourself the XMLs in your spring-conf.xml:

<import resource="classpath:<PACKAGE_PATH>/datasources.xml" />
<import resource="classpath:<PACKAGE_PATH>/context-resources.xml" />

and replace PACKAGE_PATH with the correct value 🙂