getting the jcrtemplate example to run

Hey all

Im trying to use jcrtemplate to take care of our jcr access needs. I have the following configs

Code:

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<bean id="repository" class="org.springmodules.jcr.jackrabbit.TransientRepositoryFactoryBean">
  <!-- normal factory beans params -->
                  <property name="configuration" value="classpath:test-repository.xml"/>
                  <property name="homeDir" value="/repository"/>
        </bean>

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i get an exception saying

classpath resource [repository] cannot be resolved to a URL because it does not exist.

Shouldn't it be possible to configure a repository root outside of the classpath?