Spring beans getting initialized twice - Spring Integration -

i'm trying integrate application spring integration , experiencing custom spring beans getting initialized twice, see init method on these beans getting called twice, once during server startup , second time when http request made through dispatcherservlet.

here web.xml configuration:

  <servlet>         <servlet-name>webapp</servlet-name>     <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.dispatcherservlet</servlet-class>     <init-param>         <param-name>contextconfiglocation</param-name>         <param-value>/web-inf/servlet-config.xml</param-value>     </init-param>     <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet>  <servlet-mapping>     <servlet-name>webapp</servlet-name>     <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> 

here servlet-config.xml (with namespaces removed)

<import resource="springbeans-config.xml"/>  <context:component-scan base-package="com.test"/>  <context:annotation-config/>  <int:channel id="inboundchannel"/> <int:channel id="outboundchannel"/>  <http:inbound-gateway request-channel="inboundchannel" reply-channel="outboundchannel" name="/*" supported-methods="get, post, put, delete" reply-timeout="120000"/>  <int:chain input-channel="inboundchannel">     <int:service-activator ref="clearcontext"/>     <int:service-activator ref="gatewayfilter"/>     <int:service-activator ref="audit_logger"/>     <int:service-activator ref="gatewaycontexthandler" method="process"/> </int:chain> 

the custom file springbeans-config.xml containing bean definitions imported shown above. e.g. bean definition below invoked twice, during server startup , while making http request gets invoked through dispatcherservlet.

    <bean name="sample" class="com.test.sampleimpl" init-method="init">     <property name="xpathhelper" ref="xpathhelper"/>     <property name="cachemanager" ref="cachemanager"/> </bean> 

wondering i'm missing here. appreciate pointers / on this. thanks.

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update - solved

loanshark example within springintegration samples helped resolve issue.

here updated web.xml

<context-param>     <param-name>contextconfiglocation</param-name>     <param-value>classpath*:meta-inf/spring/applicationcontext*.xml</param-value> </context-param>  <listener>     <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.contextloaderlistener</listener-class> </listener>  <servlet>     <servlet-name>gateway</servlet-name>     <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.dispatcherservlet</servlet-class>     <init-param>         <param-name>contextconfiglocation</param-name>         <param-value>/web-inf/spring/servlet-config.xml</param-value>     </init-param>     <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet>  <servlet-mapping>     <servlet-name>gateway</servlet-name>     <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> 

updated servlet-config.xml (with namespaces removed). removed import bean definition file , component-scan , annotation-config in file.

<http:inbound-gateway request-channel="inboundchannel" reply-channel="outboundchannel" name="/*" supported-methods="get, post, put, delete" reply-timeout="120000"/>  <int:chain input-channel="inboundchannel">     <int:service-activator ref="clearcontext"/>     <int:service-activator ref="gatewayfilter"/>     <int:service-activator ref="audit_logger"/>     <int:service-activator ref="gatewaycontexthandler" method="process"/> </int:chain> 

renamed springbeans-config.xml applicationcontext.xml per sample, guess should not matter. note, there no imports in file too.

<context:component-scan base-package="com.test"/>  <context:annotation-config/>  <bean name="sample" class="com.test.sampleimpl" init-method="init">     <property name="xpathhelper" ref="xpathhelper"/>     <property name="cachemanager" ref="cachemanager"/> </bean> 

spring mvc apps have 2 contexts; servlet context , root context.

it's practice put "web" beans (@controllers, views, http inbound adatpers etc) in servlet context , "business" beans in root context.

instead of importing beans, should put them in root context using context loader listener.

beans in servlet context can references beans in root context, not vice-versa.

the root context loaded first; filename doesn't matter when using wildcards in contextconfiglocation need careful servlet context config not picked second time.