Could not resolve Spring property placeholder

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I have my config    lt context property-placeholder location  classpath idm properties    gt    lt bean id  idmPropertyHolder  class  fi utu resurssitilaus idm IdmPropertyHolder  gt      lt property name  url  value    idm url     gt        lt property name  user  value    idm user     gt       lt property name  password  value    idm password     gt       lt property name  proxyHost  value    http proxyHost     gt       lt property name  proxyPort  value    http proxyPort     gt   lt  bean gt    I get the error      SEVERE  Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org springframework web context ContextLoaderListener     org springframework beans factory BeanDefinitionStoreException  Invalid bean definition with name  idmPropertyHolder  defined in ServletContext resource   WEB-INF idm-config xml   Could not resolve placeholder  idm url              at org springframework beans factory config PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer processProperties PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer java 272              at org springframework beans factory config PropertyResourceConfigurer postProcessBeanFactory PropertyResourceConfigurer java 75              at org springframework context support AbstractApplicationContext invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors AbstractApplicationContext java 640              at org springframework context support AbstractApplicationContext invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors AbstractApplicationContext java 615              at org springframework context support AbstractApplicationContext refresh AbstractApplicationContext java 405              at org springframework web context ContextLoader createWebApplicationContext ContextLoader java 276              at org springframework web context ContextLoader initWebApplicationContext ContextLoader java 197              at org springframework web context ContextLoaderListener contextInitialized ContextLoaderListener java 47              at org apache catalina core StandardContext listenerStart StandardContext java 3934              at org apache catalina core StandardContext start StandardContext java 4429              at org apache catalina core ContainerBase addChildInternal ContainerBase java 791              at org apache catalina core ContainerBase addChild ContainerBase java 771              at org apache catalina core StandardHost addChild StandardHost java 526              at org apache catalina startup HostConfig deployDescriptor HostConfig java 630              at org apache catalina startup HostConfig deployApps HostConfig java 514              at org apache catalina startup HostConfig check HostConfig java 1288              at sun reflect NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0 Native Method              at sun reflect NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke NativeMethodAccessorImpl java 39              at sun reflect DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl invoke DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl java 25              at java lang reflect Method invoke Method java 597              at org apache tomcat util modeler BaseModelMBean invoke BaseModelMBean java 297              at com sun jmx interceptor DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor invoke DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor java 836              at com sun jmx mbeanserver JmxMBeanServer invoke JmxMBeanServer java 761              at org apache catalina manager ManagerServlet check ManagerServlet java 1473              at org apache catalina manager ManagerServlet deploy ManagerServlet java 824              at org apache catalina manager ManagerServlet doGet ManagerServlet java 350              at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 617              at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 717              at org apache catalina core ApplicationFilterChain internalDoFilter ApplicationFilterChain java 290              at org apache catalina core ApplicationFilterChain doFilter ApplicationFilterChain java 206              at org netbeans modules web monitor server MonitorFilter doFilter MonitorFilter java 196              at org apache catalina core ApplicationFilterChain internalDoFilter ApplicationFilterChain java 235              at org apache catalina core ApplicationFilterChain doFilter ApplicationFilterChain java 206              at org apache catalina core StandardWrapperValve invoke StandardWrapperValve java 233              at org apache catalina core StandardContextValve invoke StandardContextValve java 191              at org apache catalina authenticator AuthenticatorBase invoke AuthenticatorBase java 525              at org apache catalina core StandardHostValve invoke StandardHostValve java 128              at org apache catalina valves ErrorReportValve invoke ErrorReportValve java 102              at org apache catalina core StandardEngineValve invoke StandardEngineValve java 109              at org apache catalina connector CoyoteAdapter service CoyoteAdapter java 293              at org apache coyote http11 Http11Processor process Http11Processor java 849              at org apache coyote http11 Http11Protocol Http11ConnectionHandler process Http11Protocol java 583              at org apache tomcat util net JIoEndpoint Worker run JIoEndpoint java 454              at java lang Thread run Thread java 619      24 1 2011 9 19 05 org apache catalina core ApplicationContext log     INFO  Closing Spring root WebApplicationContext     24 1 2011 9 19 05 org apache catalina core ApplicationContext log     INFO  Shutting down log4j   I know this could be missing properties file  but I have it in my classpath just right  What is missing    My web xml    lt context-param gt       lt param-name gt contextConfigLocation lt  param-name gt       lt param-value gt         WEB-INF base-config xml        WEB-INF idm-config xml        WEB-INF ldap-config xml        WEB-INF sec-config xml       lt  param-value gt     lt  context-param gt      lt  -- Reads request input using UTF-8 encoding -- gt     lt filter gt       lt filter-name gt characterEncodingFilter lt  filter-name gt       lt filter-class gt org springframework web filter CharacterEncodingFilter lt  filter-class gt       lt init-param gt         lt param-name gt encoding lt  param-name gt         lt param-value gt UTF-8 lt  param-value gt       lt  init-param gt       lt init-param gt         lt param-name gt forceEncoding lt  param-name gt         lt param-value gt true lt  param-value gt       lt  init-param gt     lt  filter 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 characterEncodingFilter lt  filter-name gt       lt url-pattern gt    lt  url-pattern gt     lt  filter-mapping 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 listener gt       lt listener-class gt org springframework web util Log4jConfigListener lt  listener-class gt     lt  listener gt       lt listener gt       lt listener-class gt org springframework web context ContextLoaderListener lt  listener-class gt     lt  listener gt      lt listener gt       lt listener-class gt org springframework security web session HttpSessionEventPublisher lt  listener-class gt     lt  listener gt      lt  -- Handles all requests into the application -- gt     lt servlet gt       lt servlet-name gt 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 app-config xml         lt  param-value gt       lt  init-param gt       lt load-on-startup gt 1 lt  load-on-startup gt     lt  servlet gt      lt servlet gt       lt servlet-name gt tiles lt  servlet-name gt       lt servlet-class gt org apache tiles web startup TilesServlet lt  servlet-class gt       lt init-param gt         lt param-name gt          org apache tiles impl BasicTilesContainer DEFINITIONS CONFIG        lt  param-name gt         lt param-value gt           WEB-INF tiles-config xml        lt  param-value gt       lt  init-param gt       lt load-on-startup gt 2 lt  load-on-startup gt     lt  servlet gt      lt servlet-mapping gt       lt servlet-name gt dispatcher lt  servlet-name gt       lt url-pattern gt   html lt  url-pattern gt     lt  servlet-mapping gt      lt session-config gt       lt session-timeout gt        30      lt  session-timeout gt     lt  session-config gt      lt welcome-file-list gt       lt welcome-file gt redirect jsp lt  welcome-file gt     lt  welcome-file-list gt   lt  web-app gt

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Your property file location is classpath idm properties  This is rather unusual  it means that idm properties must be located either at the top level of WEB-INF classes or at the top-level of one of the jars inside WEB-INF lib  Usually it s good practice to either use a dedicated folder for properties or keep them close to the context files that use them   So my suggestion is this  Is your properties file perhaps next to your context file  If so  it s not on the classpath  see this question  Is WEB-INF in the CLASSPATH     The classpath  prefix maps to a ClassPathResource  but you probably need a ServletContextResource  and you ll get that from a WebApplicationContext using the syntax without prefix    lt context property-placeholder location  idm properties    gt    Reference    The ResourceLoader  describes how different ApplicationContext types handle resources without prefix  The PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer mechanism  describes the  lt context property-placeholder gt  mechanism

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the following property must be added in the gradle build file  processResources       filesMatching       properties             expand project properties            Additionally  if working with Intellij  the project must be re-imported

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You may have more than one org springframework beans factory config PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer in your application  Try setting a breakpoint on the setLocations method of the superclass and see if it s called more than once at application startup  If there is more than one org springframework beans factory config PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer  you might need to look at configuring the ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders property so that your application will start up cleanly

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make sure your properties file exist in classpath directory but not in sub folder of your classpath directory  if it is exist in sub folder then write as below classpath subfolder idm properties

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Ensure  idm url  is set in property file and the property file is loaded

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I still believe its to do with the props file not being located by spring  Do a quick test by passing the params as jvm params  i e -Didm url

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It s definitely not a problem with propeties file not being found  since in that case another exception is thrown   Make sure that you actually have a value with key idm url in your idm properties

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