spring/application-config.xml cannot be opened because it does not exist ..with Spring boot

Question

i was trying to deploy my war (Spring boot) on tomcat but some how i am getting this exception. I have tried another questions on stackoverflow before asking my own,unfortunately they dont help much.

Its looking for Application-config.xml and in Spring boot we dont have xml configuration files at all.

I am creating war using Maven.

Any pointers would be helpful.

Exception

localhost.2015-09-04.log <== 04-Sep-2015 11:50:40.856 SEVERE [http-nio-8080-exec-40] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: IOException parsing XML document from class path resource [spring/application-config.xml]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [spring/application-config.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:344) at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:304) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:181) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:217) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:188) 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:129) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:537) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:452) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:403) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:306) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:106) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4729) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5167) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.start(ManagerServlet.java:1293) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.start(HTMLManagerServlet.java:673) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doPost(HTMLManagerServlet.java:221) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:648) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:291) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.filters.CsrfPreventionFilter.doFilter(CsrfPreventionFilter.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239)

My pom.xml

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.5.RELEASE</version>
    </dependency>
    <!-- This dependency is used ,so that embedded server is not part of war -->
    <!-- <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency> -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
        <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
        <version>1.8.5</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
        <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>mysql</groupId>
        <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Let me know if more information is required from my side.since i am not sure what all is required to explain my problem . i have just provided Exception and pom.

Thanks

Well the error is pretty clear, the file isn't there... Make sure the file is in the location you specified. — M. Deinum
M.Deinum : ofcourse its self explainatory but in spring boot ..xml's are not used. :) — lesnar
Search on your source code for this String "application-config.xml"! Does it referenced on any Class(annotation...) — GUISSOUMA Issam
@Roxy Have you tried performing a maven clean and then rebuilding the war? — geoand
@geoand ... well it sounds stupid, but yes cleaning and building ...worked for me. thank :) — lesnar

Tomas Lukac Tomas Lukac · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-25T08:57:52

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In my case, the xml file exists. Maven Clean & Compile resolved the issue.

spring/application-config.xml cannot be opened because it does not exist ..with Spring boot

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