schema_reference.4: Failed to read schema document 'http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring- beans-4.1.5.xsd

Question

I get an error in spring-dispatcher.xml in eclipse as given below.

schema_reference.4: Failed to read schema document 'http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-
 beans-4.1.5.xsd', because 1) could not find the document; 2) the document could not be read; 3) the root 
 element of the document is not <xsd:schema>.

I have latest spring libraries...

spring-beans-4.1.5.RELEASE.jar
spring-beans-4.1.5.RELEASE-javadoc.jar
spring-beans-4.1.5.RELEASE-sources.jar
spring-context-4.1.5.RELEASE.jar
spring-context-4.1.5.RELEASE-javadoc.jar
spring-context-4.1.5.RELEASE-sources.jar
spring-context-support-4.1.5.RELEASE.jar
spring-context-support-4.1.5.RELEASE-javadoc.jar
spring-context-support-4.1.5.RELEASE-sources.jar
spring-webmvc-4.1.5.RELEASE.jar
spring-webmvc-4.1.5.RELEASE-javadoc.jar
spring-webmvc-4.1.5.RELEASE-sources.jar
spring-webmvc-portlet-4.1.5.RELEASE.jar
spring-webmvc-portlet-4.1.5.RELEASE-javadoc.jar
spring-webmvc-portlet-4.1.5.RELEASE-sources.jar

spring-dispatcher.xml as given below...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE beans>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework/schema/context"
    xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.5.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.5.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc.xsd">

It would be great if I get some help... The posts with same subject did not help me to resolve this.Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

The error is because it could not find the xsd. Try doing the below which is using a specific version 4.1.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE beans>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework/schema/context"
    xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc.xsd">

Or if you don't mention a version, it will try to use the latest.

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