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Asked: 2026-05-23T05:33:34+00:00

I have this in my web.xml: <context-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>classpath:spring-config.xml</param-value> </context-param> I suspect this is

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I have this in my web.xml:

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

I suspect this is a convention used only by Spring? If it is, will it take my app longer to load, since I’m not specifying a direct file location, but now it must search the entire classpath?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I suspect this is a convention used
    only by Spring?

    Yes, it stands for a ClassPathResource and is part of Spring’s Resource abstraction

    If it is, will it take my app longer
    to load, since I’m not specifying a
    direct file location, but now it must
    search the entire classpath?

    No, a) it uses the ClassLoader internally which should be fast enough. b) you don’t really have much of a choice. using files is a very bad idea in a webapp context, because it makes you dependent on implementation details that should be left to the implementing App server (a WAR may or may not be unpacked).

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