Spring classpath prefix difference

Question

Documented here it states

This special prefix specifies that all classpath resources that match the given name must be obtained (internally, thi

Answer 1

SIMPLE DEFINITION

The classpath*:conf/appContext.xml simply means that all appContext.xml files under conf folders in all your jars on the classpath will be picked up and joined into one big application context.

In contrast, classpath:conf/appContext.xml will load only one such file... the first one found on your classpath.