I\'m trying to solve my configuration-files-problem.
I have Spring MVC application with this structure (my current structure)
src/main/java/ .................
A common pattern (for example used by Spring Roo applications) is to put the configuration files under src\main\resources\META-INF\spring\
src\main\resources\META-INF\spring\
Then you can load them via the same expression classpath:META-INF\spring\application-context.xml in tests as well as in your application.
classpath:META-INF\spring\application-context.xml