Question

I have a Java Project in which I am writing a simple JUNIT test case. I have copied the applicatinoContext.xml file into the root java source directory. I’ve tried it with some of the recommended settings I have read of here on StackOverflow but still get the same error. Is this error happening due to my project being a java project and NOT a web project, or does that even matter? I’m not sure where im going wrong.

import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(locations={"C:/projs/sortation/src/main/java/applicationContext.xml"})
// Also tried these settings but they also didnt work,
//@ContextConfiguration(locations={"classpath:applicationContext.xml"})
//@ContextConfiguration("classpath:applicationContext.xml")
@Transactional
public class TestSS {

    @Autowired
    private EmsDao dao;

    @Test
    public void getSites() {

        List<String> batchid = dao.getList();

        for (String s : batchid) {
            System.out.println(s);
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

Looks like you are using maven (src/main/java). In this case put the applicationContext.xml file in the src/main/resources directory. It will be copied in the classpath directory and you should be able to access it with

@ContextConfiguration("/applicationContext.xml")

From the Spring-Documentation: A plain path, for example “context.xml”, will be treated as a classpath resource from the same package in which the test class is defined. A path starting with a slash is treated as a fully qualified classpath location, for example “/org/example/config.xml”.

So it’s important that you add the slash when referencing the file in the root directory of the classpath.

If you work with the absolute file path you have to use ‘file:C:…’ (if I understand the documentation correctly).