I'm getting the following error message when I try to start a spring web application:
2012-04-12 13:53:20,491 ERROR [org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet] -
Context initialization failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanInitializationException: Could not load properties; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [timex-servlet.properties] cannot be opened because it does not exist
java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [timex-servlet.properties] cannot be opened because it does not exist
at org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource.getInputStream(ClassPathResource.java:137)
at org.springframework.core.io.support.PropertiesLoaderSupport.loadProperties(PropertiesLoaderSupport.java:172)
WebContent\WEB-INF
WebContent\WEB-INF\classes
WebContent\
<bean id="placeholderConfig"
class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="location"
value="timex-servlet.properties" />
</bean>
<bean id="placeholderConfig"
class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="location"
value="classpath:timex-servlet.properties" />
</bean>
ensure the file is placed in the /WEB-INF/classes
folder and use classpath:/timex-servlet.properties
(note the slash after classpath:)