Difference between FileSystemResource and ClassPathResource?

Answer 1

FileSystemResource can locate given spring bean configuration file from the specified path of the file system. Here we can pass either absolute path or relative path.

FileSystemResourceres = new FileSystemResource("src/com/example/cfgs/applicationContext.xml");

ClassPathResource can locate given spring bean configuration file from directories or jar files that are added to classpath/Build path.

ClassPathResource res = new ClassPathResource("applicationContext.xml");

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