hibernate.hbm2ddl.import_files in persistence.xml is not working - spring

Question

I need that hibernate read a sql file before start junit tests, so I did the following configuration in persistence.xml:
<persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_0.xsd">
<persistence-unit name="test" transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL">
<provider>org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence</provider>
<properties>
<property name="hibernate.connection.username" value="sa" />
<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
<property name="hibernate.connection.password" value="" />
<property name="hibernate.connection.url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:9001/test" />
<property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect" />
<property name="hibernate.show_sql" value="true" />
<property name="hibernate.format_sql" value="true" />
<property name="hibernate.id.new_generator_mappings" value="true" />
<property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="create" />
<property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.import_files" value="/META-INF/load.sql" />
</properties>
</persistence-unit>
</persistence>
The applicationContext.xml to load spring context:
<?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"
xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-2.5.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-2.5.xsd">
<context:component-scan base-package="com.test" />
<bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean">
<property name="persistenceUnitName" value="test" />
</bean>
<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
<property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
</bean>
<tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager"></tx:annotation-driven>
<bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor"></bean>
</beans>
Junit tests extends the class:
#RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#ContextConfiguration(locations = { "classpath:/applicationContext.xml" })
#TestExecutionListeners(inheritListeners = false, listeners = {
TransactionalTestExecutionListener.class, DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.class })
#TransactionConfiguration(defaultRollback = true)
#Transactional
public abstract class UnitTestConfiguration {}
When I run the junit tests, the file load.sql is not been imported and no errors are shown.
I'm using Hibernate 4 and Spring 3.0.5.

Answer 1

I solved my problem by putting the load.sql in src/test/resource/ folder.
This way isn't necessary to specify in persistence.xml where the sql file is.

Answer 2

I think(I usually use it) you should include it in your applicationContext.xml:
<import resource="classpath:/path_to_persistence/persistence.xml" />
Also you can specify several configuration files in test #ContextConfiguration:
#ContextConfiguration(locations = { "classpath:/applicationContext1.xml", ... ,"classpath:/applicationContextn.xml" })

Answer 3

Just put a file with name import.sql on src/test/resources directory.
The default value of property javax.persistence.hibernate.hbm2ddl.import_files is
import.sql.
Check: http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/5.3/userguide/html_single/Hibernate_User_Guide.html