Spring iBatis SqlMapConfig.xml loading issue: SocketException

Hi,
Trying to set up a simple iBatis framework on Spring.
applicationContext.xml and SqlMapConfig.xml,EmployeeMapConfig.xml are placed under WEB-INF folder.

The entire set up is on WAS 6.1 server, using RAD to create projects.

Code is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN"
"http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd">

<beans>
<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close">
<property name="driverClassName" value="oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver" />
<property name="url" value="jdbc:oracle:thin:@<myhost:port:schema>" />
<property name="username" value="test" />
<property name="password" value="testpwd" />
</bean>

<bean id="sqlMap" class="org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClient FactoryBean">
<property name="configLocation" value="WEB-INF/SqlMapConfig.xml" />
<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
</bean>

<bean id="employeeService" class="com.myfolder.TestDAO">
<property name="sqlMapClient" ref="sqlMap" />
</bean>
</beans>

SqlMapConfig.xml
<!DOCTYPE sqlMap
PUBLIC "-//iBATIS.com//DTD SQL Map 2.0//EN"
"http://ibatis.apache.org/dtd/sql-map-2.dtd">

<sqlMapConfig>
<settings useStatementNamespaces="true"/>
<sqlMap resource="WEB-INF/EmployeeSQLMap.xml"/>
</sqlMapConfig>


It loads applicationContext.xml
and while it tries to load SqlMapConfig.xml, it runs into error


[3/31/10 12:24:28:900 IST] 00000019 WebGroup A SRVE0169I: Loading Web Module: testWeb.
[3/31/10 12:24:29:150 IST] 00000019 WebApp A SRVE0180I: [testEAR#testWeb.war] [/testWeb] [Servlet.LOG]: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
[3/31/10 12:24:29:166 IST] 00000019 ContextLoader I org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader initWebApplicationContext Root WebApplicationContext: initialization started
[3/31/10 12:24:29:322 IST] 00000019 XmlWebApplica I org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext prepareRefresh Refreshing org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebAppl icationContext@6880688: display name [Root WebApplicationContext]; startup date [Wed Mar 31 12:24:29 IST 2010]; root of context hierarchy
[3/31/10 12:24:29:619 IST] 00000019 XmlBeanDefini I org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefin itionReader loadBeanDefinitions Loading XML bean definitions from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml]
[3/31/10 12:24:29:712 IST] 00000019 XmlBeanDefini I org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefin itionReader loadBeanDefinitions Loading XML bean definitions from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/SQLMapConfig.xml]
[3/31/10 12:24:50:853 IST] 00000019 ContextLoader E org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader initWebApplicationContext Context initialization failed org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionSt oreException: IOException parsing XML document from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/SQLMapConfig.xml]; nested exception is java.net.SocketException: Operation timed out: connect:could be due to invalid address at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefin itionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitio nReader.java:416)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefin itionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionR eader.java:342)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefin itionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionR eader.java:310)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractB eanDefinitionReader.java:143)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractB eanDefinitionReader.java:178)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractB eanDefinitionReader.java:149)
at org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebAppl icationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicati onContext.java:124)
at org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebAppl icationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicati onContext.java:92)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefres hableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(Abstrac tRefreshableApplicationContext.java:123)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplic ationContext.java:423)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.ja va:353)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.crea teWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:255)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.init WebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:199)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListe ner.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java: 45)
at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.webapp.WebApp.notifyServ letContextCreated(WebApp.java:608)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.commonInitia lizationFinish(WebApp.java:266)
at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.webapp.WebApp.initialize (WebApp.java:272)
at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.addWebAp plication(WebGroup.java:88)
at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.VirtualHost.addWebApplic ation(VirtualHost.java:157)
at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.addWebApp(W ebContainer.java:655)
at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.addWebAppli cation(WebContainer.java:608)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.component.WebContainerImpl .install(WebContainerImpl.java:333)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.component.WebContainerImpl .start(WebContainerImpl.java:549)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl.st art(ApplicationMgrImpl.java:1295)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.DeployedApplicationIm pl.fireDeployedObjectStart(DeployedApplicationImpl .java:1129)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.DeployedModuleImpl.st art(DeployedModuleImpl.java:567)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.DeployedApplicationIm pl.start(DeployedApplicationImpl.java:814)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl.st artApplication(ApplicationMgrImpl.java:948)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl$Ap pInitializer.run(ApplicationMgrImpl.java:2114)
at com.ibm.wsspi.runtime.component.WsComponentImpl$_A synchInitializer.run(WsComponentImpl.java:340)
at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.j ava:1510)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Operation timed out: connect:could be due to invalid address
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl .java:372)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSoc ketImpl.java:233)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.j ava:220)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:536)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:486)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java :180)
at sun.net.http://www.http.HttpClient.openServe...lient.java:397)
at sun.net.http://www.http.HttpClient.openServe...lient.java:507)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java :245)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:319)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:331)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...ction.java:821)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...ction.java:773)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...ction.java:698)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...ction.java:942)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.setupCurre ntEntity(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.startEntit y(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.startDTDEn tity(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.setInputS ource(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$DTDD ispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerI mpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse (Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse (Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(U nknown Source)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultDocum entLoader.loadDocument(DefaultDocumentLoader.java: 75)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefin itionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitio nReader.java:396)
... 30 more

I am also getting this annoying error when I deploy application in Tomcat, however this works fine in my local eclipse IDE. Have you ever got a good answer to this problem? I could not find a specific answer to this while googling. Someone open this as bug in apache ibatis JIRA but it seems closed as not an ibatis bug but without any precise answer.