using classpath: in spring

Question

I have two questions regarding classpath: option in spring :-

1) Does classpath: search for resource relative to the document in which it i

Answer 1

Take a look at http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/spring-framework-reference/html/resources.html#resources-classpath-wildcards

This special prefix specifies that all classpath resources that match the given name must be obtained (internally, this essentially happens via a ClassLoader.getResources(...) call), and then merged to form the final application context definition.

So classpath: starts at the root of your classpath.