Cannot import bean definitions using classpath*: resource location [SPR-6366]

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Dave Syer opened SPR-6366 and commented

Cannot import bean definitions using classpath*: resource location. Somewhere between RC1 and RC2 the behaviour of <import resource="classpath*:..."/> changed so that it is now treated as a relative resource, where clearly it is not.

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Affects: 3.0 RC2

Issue Links:

• XML bean definition "import" directive doesn't work with custom resource loader [SPR-5762] #10432 XML bean definition "import" directive doesn't work with custom resource loader ("duplicates")
• Import of XML resources with 'classpath*:' URLs doesn't work [SPR-6379] #11046 Import of XML resources with 'classpath*:' URLs doesn't work ("is duplicated by")
• Regression: Cannot import XML bean documents using classpath*: pseudo URLs [SPR-6411] #11077 Regression: Cannot import XML bean documents using classpath*: pseudo URLs ("is duplicated by")
• classpath*: is no longer finding resources with <import resource=""/> [SPR-6351] #11017 classpath*: is no longer finding resources with ("is duplicated by")
• Behavior of Bean loading changed in RC2 (Incompatible to Apache CXF) [SPR-6410] #11076 Behavior of Bean loading changed in RC2 (Incompatible to Apache CXF)

Referenced from: commits 7ac0e2b, 66939de

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Dave Syer commented

Looks like this change came from #10432. We can still use the old ResourcePatternUtils.isUrl() as an initial test, and then if that fails try the new approach. That way I think everyone will be happy.