Can we have multiple Spring configuration files in Spring MVC?

Yes, we can have more than one spring context files. The following are the 2 ways to configure multiple context files.

1. Specify the list of files in web.xml file using contextConfigLocation init parameter.

<servlet-name>springMVC</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>
            org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
        </servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
            <param-value>
                WEB-INF/spring-core-context.xml,
                WEB-INF/spring-DAO.xml,
                WEB-INF/spring-Services.xml
            </param-value>
        </init-param>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
 
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>springMVC</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

2. Import the configuration files into a existing configuration file that is already configured.

<beans>
    <import resource="spring-core-context.xml"/>
    <import resource="spring-DAO.xml"/>
    <import resource="spring-services.xml"/>
     
    ... //other configurations
 
</beans>

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