class path resource [beans.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist

 

ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("beans.xml");

Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [beans.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist

at org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource.getInputStream(ClassPathResource.java:187)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:333)

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Solution:

There are two solutions

1. Take the beans.xml out of package and put in default package.

2. Specify package name of the file..

    ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("com/se/io/beans.xml");