My Application Could not open ServletContext resource

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i have Eclipse Maven web project where i use Spring mvc and Spring security  When i truy to launch it  it doesn t suceed to intialize the context   Could not open ServletContext resource   WEB-INF spring-dispatcher-servlet xml   More details below     This my web xml    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  UTF-8   gt   lt web-app xmlns xsi  http   www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema-instance  xmlns  http   java sun com xml ns javaee  xmlns web  http   java sun com xml ns javaee web-app 2 5 xsd  xsi schemaLocation  http   java sun com xml ns javaee http   java sun com xml ns javaee web-app 3 0 xsd  id  WebApp ID  version  3 0  gt    lt display-name gt Web Manager lt  display-name gt   lt welcome-file-list gt       lt welcome-file gt index jsp lt  welcome-file gt   lt  welcome-file-list gt    lt listener gt       lt listener-class gt org springframework web context ContextLoaderListener lt  listener-class gt   lt  listener gt   lt context-param gt       lt param-name gt contextConfigLocation lt  param-name gt       lt param-value gt                WEB-INF spring app-config xml   WEB-INF spring security-config xml      lt  param-value gt   lt  context-param gt    lt  -- Spring MVC -- gt   lt servlet gt       lt servlet-name gt spring-dispatcher lt  servlet-name gt       lt servlet-class gt org springframework web servlet DispatcherServlet lt  servlet-class gt        lt load-on-startup gt 1 lt  load-on-startup gt   lt  servlet gt   lt servlet-mapping gt       lt servlet-name gt spring-dispatcher lt  servlet-name gt       lt url-pattern gt   lt  url-pattern gt   lt  servlet-mapping gt    lt  -- Spring Security -- gt   lt filter gt       lt filter-name gt springSecurityFilterChain lt  filter-name gt       lt filter-class gt org springframework web filter DelegatingFilterProxy lt  filter-class gt   lt  filter gt   lt filter-mapping gt       lt filter-name gt springSecurityFilterChain lt  filter-name gt       lt url-pattern gt    lt  url-pattern gt   lt  filter-mapping gt   lt  web-app gt      This my app-config xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  UTF-8   gt   lt beans xmlns  http   www springframework org schema beans  xmlns xsi  http   www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema-instance  xmlns mvc  http   www springframework org schema mvc  xmlns context  http   www springframework org schema context  xsi schemaLocation  http   www springframework org schema mvc http   www springframework org schema mvc spring-mvc-3 1 xsd     http   www springframework org schema beans http   www springframework org schema beans spring-beans-3 1 xsd     http   www springframework org schema context http   www springframework org schema context spring-context-3 1 xsd  gt    lt  -- Scans the classpath of this application for  Components to deploy as beans -- gt   lt context component-scan base-package  fr tessa webmanager    gt     lt  -- Configures the  Controller programming model -- gt   lt mvc annotation-driven   gt    lt  -- misc -- gt   lt bean id  viewResolver      class  org springframework web servlet view InternalResourceViewResolver  gt       lt property name  viewClass          value  org springframework web servlet view JstlView    gt       lt property name  suffix  value   jsp    gt   lt  bean gt    lt  -- Configure the multipart resolver -- gt   lt bean id  multipartResolver  class  org springframework web multipart commons CommonsMultipartResolver  gt       lt  -- one of the properties available  the maximum file size in bytes -- gt       lt property name  maxUploadSize  value  1000000    gt   lt  bean gt    lt  -- Configures Hibernate - Database Config -- gt   lt import resource  dbconfig validationdb-config xml    gt   lt import resource  dbconfig db-config xml    gt         this is my security-config xml   lt beans beans xmlns  http   www springframework org schema security  xmlns beans  http   www springframework org schema beans  xmlns xsi  http   www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema-instance  xsi schemaLocation  http   www springframework org schema beans                  http   www springframework org schema beans spring-beans-3 1 xsd                 http   www springframework org schema security                  http   www springframework org schema security spring-security-3 1 xsd  gt    lt http use-expressions  true  gt       lt intercept-url pattern   welcome   access  ROLE USER    gt       lt form-login login-page   login  default-target-url   welcome          authentication-failure-url   loginfailed    gt       lt logout logout-success-url   logout    gt   lt  http gt   lt authentication-manager gt     lt authentication-provider gt       lt user-service gt           lt user name  mkyong  password  123456  authorities  ROLE USER    gt       lt  user-service gt     lt  authentication-provider gt   lt  authentication-manager gt   lt  beans beans gt      my problem is when i launch the application i have error like   Infos  Loading XML bean definitions from ServletContext resource   WEB-INF spring-dispatcher-servlet xml  f  vr  19  2013 10 50 09 AM org springframework web servlet FrameworkServlet initServletBean Grave  Context initialization failed org springframework beans factory BeanDefinitionStoreException  IOException parsing XML document from ServletContext resource   WEB-INF spring-dispatcher-servlet xml   nested exception is java io FileNotFoundException  Could not open ServletContext resource   WEB-INF spring-dispatcher-servlet xml  at org springframework beans factory xml XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions XmlBeanDefinitionReader java 341  at org springframework beans factory xml XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions XmlBeanDefinitionReader java 302  at org springframework beans factory support AbstractBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions AbstractBeanDefinitionReader java 174  at org springframework beans factory support AbstractBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions AbstractBeanDefinitionReader java 209  at org springframework beans factory support AbstractBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions AbstractBeanDefinitionReader java 180  at org springframework web context support XmlWebApplicationContext loadBeanDefinitions XmlWebApplicationContext java 125  at org springframework web context support XmlWebApplicationContext loadBeanDefinitions XmlWebApplicationContext java 94  at org springframework context support AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext refreshBeanFactory AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext java 131  at org springframework context support AbstractApplicationContext obtainFreshBeanFactory AbstractApplicationContext java 522  at org springframework context support AbstractApplicationContext refresh AbstractApplicationContext java 436  at org springframework web servlet FrameworkServlet configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext FrameworkServlet java 631  at org springframework web servlet FrameworkServlet createWebApplicationContext FrameworkServlet java 588  at org springframework web servlet FrameworkServlet createWebApplicationContext FrameworkServlet java 645  at org springframework web servlet FrameworkServlet initWebApplicationContext FrameworkServlet java 508  at org springframework web servlet FrameworkServlet initServletBean FrameworkServlet java 449  at org springframework web servlet HttpServletBean init HttpServletBean java 133  at javax servlet GenericServlet init GenericServlet java 212  at org apache catalina core StandardWrapper loadServlet StandardWrapper java 1173  at org apache catalina core StandardWrapper load StandardWrapper java 993  at org apache catalina core StandardContext loadOnStartup StandardContext java 4350  at org apache catalina core StandardContext start StandardContext java 4659  at org apache catalina core ContainerBase start ContainerBase java 1045  at org apache catalina core StandardHost start StandardHost java 785  at org apache catalina core ContainerBase start ContainerBase java 1045  at org apache catalina core StandardEngine start StandardEngine java 445  at org apache catalina startup Embedded start Embedded java 825  at org codehaus mojo tomcat AbstractRunMojo startContainer AbstractRunMojo java 558  at org codehaus mojo tomcat AbstractRunMojo execute AbstractRunMojo java 255  at org apache maven plugin DefaultBuildPluginManager executeMojo DefaultBuildPluginManager java 101  at org apache maven lifecycle internal MojoExecutor execute MojoExecutor java 209  at org apache maven lifecycle internal MojoExecutor execute MojoExecutor java 153  at org apache maven lifecycle internal MojoExecutor execute MojoExecutor java 145  at org apache maven lifecycle internal LifecycleModuleBuilder buildProject LifecycleModuleBuilder java 84  at org apache maven lifecycle internal LifecycleModuleBuilder buildProject LifecycleModuleBuilder java 59  at org apache maven lifecycle internal LifecycleStarter singleThreadedBuild LifecycleStarter java 183  at org apache maven lifecycle internal LifecycleStarter execute LifecycleStarter java 161  at org apache maven DefaultMaven doExecute DefaultMaven java 320  at org apache maven DefaultMaven execute DefaultMaven java 156  at org apache maven cli MavenCli execute MavenCli java 537  at org apache maven cli MavenCli doMain MavenCli java 196  at org apache maven cli MavenCli main MavenCli java 141  at sun reflect NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0 Native Method  at sun reflect NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke Unknown Source  at sun reflect DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl invoke Unknown Source  at java lang reflect Method invoke Unknown Source  at org codehaus plexus classworlds launcher Launcher launchEnhanced Launcher java 290  at org codehaus plexus classworlds launcher Launcher launch Launcher java 230  at org codehaus plexus classworlds launcher Launcher mainWithExitCode Launcher java 409  at org codehaus plexus classworlds launcher Launcher main Launcher java 352  Caused by  java io FileNotFoundException  Could not open ServletContext resource   WEB-INF spring-dispatcher-servlet xml  at org springframework web context support ServletContextResource getInputStream ServletContextResource java 140  at org springframework beans factory xml XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions XmlBeanDefinitionReader java 328      48 more   It say that it not find  WEB-INF spring-dispatcher-servlet xml but i did t put it in web xml  my configuration file is app-config xml

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Quote from the Spring reference doc      Upon initialization of a DispatcherServlet  Spring MVC looks for a file named  servlet-name -servlet xml in the WEB-INF directory of your web application and creates the beans defined there      Your servlet is called spring-dispatcher  so it looks for  WEB-INF spring-dispatcher-servlet xml  You need to have this servlet configuration  and define web related beans in there  like controllers  view resolvers  etc   See the linked documentation for clarification on the relation of servlet contexts to the global application context  which is the app-config xml in your case     One more thing  if you don t like the naming convention of the servlet config xml  you can specify your config explicitly    lt servlet gt       lt servlet-name gt spring-dispatcher lt  servlet-name gt       lt servlet-class gt org springframework web servlet DispatcherServlet lt  servlet-class gt       lt init-param gt           lt param-name gt contextConfigLocation lt  param-name gt           lt param-value gt  WEB-INF spring appServlet servlet-context xml lt  param-value gt       lt  init-param gt       lt load-on-startup gt 1 lt  load-on-startup gt   lt  servlet gt

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If you are getting this error with a Java configuration, it is usually because you forget to pass in the application context to the DispatcherServlet constructor:

AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext ctx = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext();
ctx.register(WebConfig.class);

ServletRegistration.Dynamic dispatcher = sc.addServlet("dispatcher", 
    new DispatcherServlet()); // <-- no constructor args!
dispatcher.setLoadOnStartup(1);
dispatcher.addMapping("/*");

Fix it by adding the context as the constructor arg:

AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext ctx = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext();
ctx.register(WebConfig.class);

ServletRegistration.Dynamic dispatcher = sc.addServlet("dispatcher", 
    new DispatcherServlet(ctx)); // <-- hooray! Spring doesn't look for XML files!
dispatcher.setLoadOnStartup(1);
dispatcher.addMapping("/*");

User · Answer

I encountered this exception in WebLogic  turns out it is a bug in WebLogic  Please see here for more details  Spring Boot exception  Could not open ServletContext resource   WEB-INF dispatcherServlet-servlet xml

User · Answer

The file name u used spring-dispatcher-servlet xml kindly check in web xml servlet name as spring-dispatcher at both tag   lt servlet gt  and  lt servlet-mapping gt  in your case it should be   lt servlet gt   lt servlet-name gt spring-dispatcher lt  servlet-name gt   lt servlet-class gt  lt  servlet-class gt   lt  servlet gt   lt servlet-mapping gt   lt servlet-name gt spring-dispatcher lt  servlet-name gt   lt url-pattern gt  lt  url-pattern gt   lt  servlet-mapping gt

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Make sure your maven war plugin block in pom xml includes all files  especially xml files  while building the war  But you don t need to include the  java files though     lt plugin gt     lt groupId gt org apache maven plugins lt  groupId gt     lt artifactId gt maven-war-plugin lt  artifactId gt     lt version gt 2 5 lt  version gt      lt configuration gt       lt webResources gt         lt resources gt           lt directory gt WebContent lt  directory gt           lt includes gt             lt include gt        lt  include gt   lt  --this line includes the xml files into the war  which will be found when it is exploded in server during deployment -- gt           lt  includes gt           lt excludes gt             lt exclude gt   java lt  exclude gt           lt  excludes gt         lt  resources gt       lt  webResources gt       lt webXml gt WebContent WEB-INF web xml lt  webXml gt     lt  configuration gt   lt  plugin gt

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