BeanFactory not initialized or already closed - call 'refresh' before accessing beans

Question

I\'m trying to add spring security to a regular JSF application. After repeated tries and I\'m failing with the following error on tomcat bring-up.

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Answer 1

I see this code in applicationContext-security.xml:

You might be using incorrect spring version. For example, if you are using spring-xxx (spring-security-web.jar or spring-security-core.jar) version 3.1.xx in your library, this error will come out. Try change the code in applicationContext-security.xml from 3.0.xsd to 3.1.xsd (the version number in the code must match back to the version sit in the library folder).

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