no declaration can be found for element 'context:annotation-config'

Question

in spring whenever i write <context:annotation-config/> in my spring.xml i get this error:-

Exception in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException: Line 81 in XML document from class path resource [spring.xml] is invalid; nested exception is org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 81; columnNumber: 30; cvc-complex-type.2.4.c: The matching wildcard is strict, but no declaration can be found for element 'context:annotation-config'.

And the content of my spring.xml is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
>

<bean id="circle" class="com.mysite.Circle">
</bean>

 ...

<context:annotation-config/>

Would anyone please tell me where am i going wrong ????

Intracardiac

Possible Duplicate #6058537 – Tourneur

Answer 1

You are using an XML namespace (in this case context) without declaring it

Change your xml to this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
       xsi:schemaLocation="
           http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
           http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd
           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd">

You were also referencing http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd, which I don't think exists.

Spay

This worked for me. But can someone please explain me exactly what the error was and how these namespace resolve it. In previous declaration also we defined xmlns:context="springframework.org/schema/context". – Cumquat

Answer 2

Take attention: when you use context namespace, you should update in XML head 2 attributes:

• xmlns:context
• xsi:schemaLocation.

Beginners used to add only xmlns:context and forget about 2 new entries to xsi:schemaLocation:

<beans xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd"
......
>

Heat

Answer 3

If using Spring 4.0, here's what I found:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation=
    "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
     http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd  
     http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
     http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd" 
   xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context">

It worked for me. Found the reference here: http://javahash.com/spring-4-mvc-hello-world-tutorial-full-example/

Secundas

how about context for version 5.2 – Hangchow

Answer 4

Add these lines in your xml file.

<xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"

And

<xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">

.

Halfblooded

Answer 5

finally got solution just add this contain in XML file

<bean class="org.springframework.context.annotation.CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor">
</bean>

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