IOException parsing XML document from class path resource

Question

Ok I'm currently trying mavenise a project. However my project fails to find the xml file containing the some beans. combined2.xml

I have it defined as:

    public RepeatingGrpPoC() {
    appContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
            new String[] { "src/main/java/resources/combined2.xml",});
    c = 0;    
}

However for a reason unknown to me I constantly get the error.

Exception in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: IOException parsing XML document from class path resource [src/main/java/resources/combined2.xml]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [src/main/java/resources/combined2.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist 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:143) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:178) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:149) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:212) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractXmlApplicationContext.java:126) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractXmlApplicationContext.java:92) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:130) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:465) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:395) at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139) at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:93) at metadataPoC.RepeatingGrpPoC.(RepeatingGrpPoC.java:34) at metadataPoC.Main.main(Main.java:22) Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [src/main/java/resources/combined2.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist at org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource.getInputStream(ClassPathResource.java:141) at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:328) ... 14 more

Where else would the program be looking for this file since I've given it the relative path?

Answer 1

It is trying to load this file from the classpath and cannot find it. Try specifying just "combined2.xml" instead of "src/main/java/resources/combined2.xml" and make sure that src/main/java/resources is on your classpath.

By the way, in Maven, the standard directory for resources is src/main/resources, so I suggest you put this file there.

Answer 2

Maven, has standard directory for resources is which is src/main/resources, so if you keep your file here it will take it. and in the path simply give the file name.

For example

 ClassPathXmlApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("application-context.xml");

I had the same problem it worked for me