Why does file: prefix not working in @ContextConfiguration with my test using spring framework?

Question

My folder structure looks like:

project
    subproject
      src
       - main
          -java
       - test
          -java
          -resources
            -spring
              context.xml

when I try to use @ContextConfiguration(locations={"file:src/test/resources/spring/context.xml"}) my ide (intellij) shows cannot resolve directory . However, if I change the code to

@ContextConfiguration(locations={"/spring/context.xml"})

or

@ContextConfiguration(locations={"classpath:/spring/context.xml"})

The error disappears.

My original setting already has the following configure in pom.xml

<testResources>
        <testResource>
            <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
        </testResource>
</testResources>

What could be the problem?

Answer 1

Try loading test resources like:

@TestPropertySource(properties = { "spring.config.location=classpath:spring/context.xml" })