Spring not able to find classpath resource with @PropertySource

Question

I am using @PropertySource in my datasource configuration file to get property files located on classpath. Below is my project structure.

I believe I can do it in two ways:

1. By creating a package in src folder and add them there. As src folder is already included in the classpath in eclipse, following should work.

@PropertySources({ @PropertySource("classpath: com/spring/property/general.properties"), @PropertySource("classpath: com/spring/property/hibernate.properties") })

2. Second way is to create a resources folder and add it to the classpath and following should work

@PropertySources({ @PropertySource("classpath: general.properties"), @PropertySource("classpath: hibernate.properties") })

In my case neither of the two is working. Being an intermediate java developer this still confuses me. Can anybody guide me in the right direction. And also how we can configure classpath resources for Spring in a production environment.

EDIT: I have changed my project structure to include properties file in src/java/resources and I can see the resources folder in build path. Still .properties are not found by spring.

Solution

For anybody facing problem with usign .properties files in Spring 4+, look at the thread below to match your setup with that of OP. Setup is all good except for a whitespace in configuration.

Not able to inject .properties file into Spring MVC 4.3 using @PropertySource

Comments

[Rushino]

it is the same with a non-maven project?