ClassPathResource cannot access my spring properties file (using Spring web MVC) - spring

Question

The actual location of the file is in "D:\eclipse\projects\issu\src\main\webapp\WEB-INF\spring\spring.properties"
I tried:
Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring.properties");
Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("/WEB-INF/spring/spring.properties");
Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("classpath:/WEB-INF/spring/spring.properties");
I also have added "/src/main/webapp" folder to my build path.
ClassPathResource cannot find it. Any ideas? thanks! :)
my web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">
<display-name>ISSU</display-name>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/spring-servlet.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.html</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>
my spring-servlet.xml
<?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:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
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
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd">
<context:component-scan base-package="com.myapps.issu" />
<mvc:annotation-driven />
<mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/" />
<tx:annotation-driven />
<bean id="propertyConfigurer" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="location" value="/WEB-INF/spring/spring.properties" />
</bean>
<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close">
<property name="driverClassName" value="${jdbc.driverClassName}" />
<property name="url" value="${jdbc.databaseurl}" />
<property name="username" value="${jdbc.username}" />
<property name="password" value="${jdbc.password}" />
</bean>
<bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
<property name="configLocation" value="${hibernate.config}" />
<property name="packagesToScan" value="com.myapps.issu" />
</bean>
<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.HibernateTransactionManager">
<property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory" />
</bean>
<bean id="viewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.UrlBasedViewResolver">
<property name="viewClass" value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesView" />
</bean>
<bean id="tilesConfigurer" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesConfigurer">
<property name="definitions" value="/WEB-INF/tiles.xml" />
</bean>
<bean id="issuDao" class="com.myapps.issu.dao.IssuDaoImpl">
<property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory" />
</bean>
<bean id="issuService" class="com.myapps.issu.services.IssuServiceImpl">
<property name="issuDao" ref="issuDao" />
</bean>
</beans>

Answer 1

Have you tried this one
Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring.properties");

Answer 2

Added the build path up to /src/main/webapp (via project properties) and use this code: Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("/WEB-INF/spring/spring.properties");

Answer 3

Add src\main\webapp\ folder in your classpath(using project properties) and use this...
Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("WEB-INF/spring/spring.properties");
Remember not to use "/" at the start of path.