Failed to load ApplicationContext from Unit Test: FileNotFound

Question

I am creating a Maven Spring project, which includes MVC, Data and Security. My Spring applicationContext-*.xml files are located at \\src\\main\\resources\\spring\\

My

Answer 1

The problem is insufficient memory to load context.

Try to set VM options:

-da -Xmx2048m -Xms1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=2048m

Answer 2

Add in in pom.xml give the following plugin:

<plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.10</version>
  <configuration>
    <useFile>false</useFile>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

Answer 3

try as below

@ContextConfiguration (locations = "classpath*:/spring/applicationContext*.xml")

this will load all 3 of your application context xml file.

Answer 4

I faced the same error and realized that pom.xml had java 1.7 and STS compiler pointed to Java 1.8. Upon changing compiler to 1.7 and rebuild fixed the issue.

PS: This answer is not related to actual question posted but applies to similar error for app Context not loading

Answer 5

For me, I was missing @ActiveProfile at my test class

@ActiveProfiles("sandbox")
class MyTestClass...

Answer 6

If you are using intellij, then try restarting intellij cache

1. File-> Invalidate cache/restart
2. clean and build project

See if it works, it worked for me.