Spring - Multiple Application Context files from Different Projects

• Web Application needs to use application context files bundled in separate projects.
  
  1. Insert the following into web.xml file
     
     
     
     classpath* - searches for files in the classpath.
     
     
     Project A - contains projectA-context.xml
     
     
     Project B - contains projectB-context.xml
     
     
     Project C - contains application-context.xml
     
     
     Project D - contains application-context.xml
     
     
     All 4 context files will be loaded in that order if all 4 projects are in the classpath
     
  
  
• JUnit testing with multiple application context files bundled in separate projects.
1. Add all dependent projects to the classpath when executing JUnit
2. Include other resources in your main application context
   
   Project A - executed with JUnit, Spring container initiallized with projectA-context.xml
   
   Project B - contains projectB-context.xml
   
   Project C - contains application-context.xml
   
   Project D - contains application-context.xml
   
   All 4 context files will be loaded in that order if all 4 projects are in the classpath
   
3. Spring application context injecting into JUnit