NO Spring configuration in web.xml

[esolve]

I'm reading source codes of a project

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.5" 
	xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" 
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee 
	http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">

  <filter>
  	<filter-name>filter</filter-name>
  	<filter-class>cn.itcast.elec.filter.LogonFilter</filter-class>
  </filter>
  <filter-mapping>
  	<filter-name>filter</filter-name>
  	<url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
  </filter-mapping>
  <filter-mapping>
  	<filter-name>filter</filter-name>
  	<url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
  </filter-mapping>
  <filter>
  	<filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
  	<filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter</filter-class>
  </filter>
  <filter-mapping>
  	<filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
  	<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
  </filter-mapping>
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>checkLogonName</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>cn.itcast.elec.servlet.CheckLogonName</servlet-class>
  </servlet>

  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>checkLogonName</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/checkLogonName</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  
  <session-config>
  	<session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
  </session-config>
  <welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>
</web-app>

and I find that there is no Spring configuration (as below) in the web.xml (as above)

<context-param>
    <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
    <param-value>classpath:beans.xml</param-value>
  </context-param>
  <listener>
    <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
  </listener>

but there is a beans.xml in the project which manages beans through annotaions (component-scan)

in my opinion, there should be spring configuration in web.xml, otherwise how can the program know where and how to load beans.xml?
can anyone tell me what is wrong with my thinking?

[benji2505]

In the web.xml file you only find the dispatcher servlet definition. Since it is Spring it will look for a spring bean configuration file in the WEB-INF folder. The name should be checkLogonName-servlet.xml.

[esolve]

no, it is "beans.xml", not checkLogonName-servlet.xml. And it is in the "src" folder, and thus it is also in the WEB-INF->classses folder
so you mean the spring will automatically search for beans.xml file within the WEB-INF folder or its sub-folders?

but I also see the following code segment within web.xml file

<context-param>
    <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
    <param-value>classpath:beans.xml</param-value>
  </context-param>
  <listener>
    <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
  </listener>
<context-param>

why?

is it that both are OK?

[benji2505]

ok, the code points to the beans.xml file in the classpath and Spring will search for that and get the annotation info from there. Different authors have different setups and the code above does not reveal the general structure of the project. The author might have stuffed everything into the beans.xml file.
I usually use boiler-plate setups and they look different. I usually have a separate xml file for the database, the controllers and the classes where the actual mojo happens. All this info would be in the web.xml file just as in post #3.