Spring MVC dispatcher xml and application context xml

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What type of information should be present in the dispatcher-servlet.xml and applicationContext.xml?

possible duplicate of [Spring + Web MVC: dispatcher-servlet.xml vs. applicationContext.xml (plus shared security)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16458754/spring-web-mvc-dispatcher-servlet-xml-vs-applicationcontext-xml-plus-shared) — Pradeep Kr Kaushal, Jan 31 '14 at 07:10
Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16458754/spring-web-mvc-dispatcher-servlet-xml-vs-applicationcontext-xml-plus-shared — Pradeep Kr Kaushal, Jan 31 '14 at 07:10

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '14 at 07:08

The applicationContext.xml is loaded by the ContextLoadeListener and should contain your shared/global beans. Things like the datasource, jms connecetionfactories, services, repositories etc.

Your dispatcher-servlet.xml is loaded by the DispatcherServlet and should contain only web related things like controllers, viewresolvers, exceptionhandlers etc.

This is a general rule of thumb of course.

Spring MVC dispatcher xml and application context xml

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