context.xml file not found

Question

In Spring framework for Java, I create my beans using context.xml file and then load it with ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("context.xml");.

My program throws an exception java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [context.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist.

The file exists. I use Gradle for dependencies management and my src folder (where the file is) is marked as resource in Intellij. I understand that for some reason even though my src folder should be included in classpath variable, gradle run task just can't grab it from here.

When I use new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext("context.xml"); instead everything works just fine, but I do need to use "Classpath" for my assignment.

English is not my native language.

This is my "Main" class:

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ApplicationContext context = new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext("context.xml");
    }
}

This is my beans from context.xml file

<bean id="t1000" class="by.zti.main.impl.T1000">
    <constructor-arg ref="sonyHead"/>
    <constructor-arg ref="toshibaLeg"/>
</bean>

<bean id="sonyHead" class="by.zti.main.impl.SonyHead"/>
<bean id="sonyLeg" class="by.zti.main.impl.SonyLeg"/>
<bean id="toshibaHead" class="by.zti.main.impl.ToshibaHead"/>
<bean id="toshibaLeg" class="by.zti.main.impl.ToshibaLeg"/>

This is my build.gradle file

group 'zti.spring.test'
version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'application'
apply plugin: 'idea'

sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8

mainClassName = 'by.zti.main.Main'

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

jar {
    baseName = 'gs-gradle'
    version = '0.1.0'
}

dependencies {
    compile 'org.springframework:spring-context:4.3.6.RELEASE'
    compile fileTree(dir:'src', includes:  ['/*.xml,/*.properties'])
}

Exception text

    Exception in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: IOException parsing XML document from class path resource [context.xml]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [context.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.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:252)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractXmlApplicationContext.java:127)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractXmlApplicationContext.java:93)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:129)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:613)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:514)
    at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)
    at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:83)
    at by.zti.main.Main.main(Main.java:12)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [context.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist
    at org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource.getInputStream(ClassPathResource.java:172)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:330)
    ... 13 more

This is my file tree from my project

Content of my classpath

/C:/Users/Cvazer/IdeaProjects/spring-test/build/classes/main/
/C:/Users/Cvazer/IdeaProjects/spring-test/build/resources/main
/C:/Users/Cvazer/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-context/4.3.6.RELEASE/5f3041020113e3202a7ae9defe36e7b5d2fb87eb/spring-context-4.3.6.RELEASE.jar
/C:/Users/Cvazer/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-aop/4.3.6.RELEASE/d70b2393d380cd468d9a14969efaf9022c67c0/spring-aop-4.3.6.RELEASE.jar
/C:/Users/Cvazer/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-beans/4.3.6.RELEASE/1585715ed598b76a23dac931c27aa039b189eafb/spring-beans-4.3.6.RELEASE.jar
/C:/Users/Cvazer/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-core/4.3.6.RELEASE/690da099c3c2d2536210f0fd06ff3f336de43ad9/spring-core-4.3.6.RELEASE.jar
/C:/Users/Cvazer/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-expression/4.3.6.RELEASE/13b53568cfd7b308e70efcbac6cdd0c5d597ba1/spring-expression-4.3.6.RELEASE.jar
/C:/Users/Cvazer/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.2/4bfc12adfe4842bf07b657f0369c4cb522955686/commons-logging-1.2.jar

This link could help u stackoverflow.com/questions/10412225/… — shrinathM
I think this is classpath issue. Could you put the context.xml in src/main/resources folder. If you prefer existing folder structue then make sure the path is recognized by classpath — shrinathM
"src folder is marked as resource" - there's the problem, the resources folder should be "src/main/resources" — OrangeDog
Possible duplicate of Spring cannot find bean xml configuration file when it does exist — OrangeDog

viruskimera viruskimera · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-20T14:45:12

I thin you should put the file in src/main/resources/ OR specify another path ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("src/main/resources/blablabla/context.xml")

context.xml file not found

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