Could not open ServletContext resource

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This is quite similar question to one older but the solution did not work for me   I have a WAR package   In web xml   lt context-param gt       lt param-name gt contextConfigLocation lt  param-name gt       lt param-value gt classpath application-context xml lt  param-value gt   lt  context-param gt    lt listener gt       lt listener-class gt          org springframework web context ContextLoaderListener      lt  listener-class gt   lt  listener gt    In application-context xml   lt bean id  placeholderConfig  class  org springframework beans factory config PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer  gt       lt property name  location  gt           lt value gt classpath social properties lt  value gt       lt  property gt   lt  bean gt    But getting this      org springframework beans factory BeanInitializationException  Could not load properties  nested exception is java io FileNotFoundException  Could not open ServletContext resource   social properties    I checked the WAR package -  xml and  properties files are both in  WEB-INF classes   properties file is in src main resources and  xml in src main java  in default package both  and maven transports them  I think  correctly in the default package of WEB-INF classes  Does anyone know why i could get this exception  Thank you   EDIT  I just want to add that JUnit tests goes correctly  i mean they load what they should from social properties  but when running the app it ignores my classpath  prefix

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Do not use classpath  This may cause problems with different ClassLoaders  container vs  application   WEB-INF is always the better choice    lt context-param gt       lt param-name gt contextConfigLocation lt  param-name gt       lt param-value gt  WEB-INF spring-config xml lt  param-value gt   lt  context-param gt    and    lt bean id  placeholderConfig  class  org springframework beans factory config PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer  gt        lt property name  location  gt            lt value gt  WEB-INF social properties lt  value gt        lt  property gt   lt  bean gt

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Mark sure propertie file is in   WEB-INF classes  try to use    lt bean class  org springframework beans factory config PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer  gt       lt property name  location  gt           lt value gt  WEB-INF classes social properties lt  value gt       lt  property gt   lt  bean gt

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I think currently the application-context xml file is into src main resources AND the social properties file is into src main java    so when you package  mvn package  or when you run tomcat  mvn tomcat run  your social properties disappeared  I know you said when you checked into the  war the files are here    but your exception says the opposite    The solution is simply to put all your configuration files  application-context xml and social properties  into src main resources to follow the maven standard structure

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Put the things like  src main resources foo bar properties and then reference them as classpath  foo bar properties

User · Answer

Are you having Tomcat unpack the WAR file   It seems that the files cannot be found on the classpath when a WAR file is loaded and it is not being unpacked

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Try to use classpath   prefix instead   http   static springsource org spring docs 3 0 x spring-framework-reference html resources html resources-classpath-wildcards  Also please try to deploy exploded war  to ensure that all files are there

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try with this code          lt bean id  propertyConfigurer  class  org springframework beans factory config PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer  gt            lt property name  ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders  value  true   gt                lt property name  locations  gt                 lt list gt                                               lt value gt  social properties lt  value gt                                lt  list gt            lt  property gt                    lt  bean gt

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I had the same error   My filename was jpaContext xml and it was placed in src main resources  I specified param value  classpath  jpaContext xml    Finally I renamed the file to applicationContext xml and moved it to the WEB-INF directory and changed param value to  WEB-INF applicationContext xml  then it worked

[java] Could not open ServletContext resource

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