no declaration can be found for element 'context:annotation-config'

Question

in spring whenever i write in my spring.xml i get this error:-

Exception in thread \"main\" org.springfram

Answer 1

Add these lines in your xml file.

<xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"

And

<xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">

.

Answer 2

If using Spring 4.0, here's what I found:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation=
    "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
     http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd  
     http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
     http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd" 
   xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context">

It worked for me. Found the reference here: http://javahash.com/spring-4-mvc-hello-world-tutorial-full-example/

Answer 3

You are using an XML namespace (in this case context) without declaring it

Change your xml to this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
       xsi:schemaLocation="
           http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
           http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd
           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd">

You were also referencing http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd, which I don't think exists.

Answer 4

Take attention: when you use context namespace, you should update in XML head 2 attributes:

• xmlns:context
• xsi:schemaLocation.

Beginners used to add only xmlns:context and forget about 2 new entries to xsi:schemaLocation:

<beans xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd"
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