Hi,

We are migrating our application from 2.5.6 to 3.0.2. After updating the dependencies in POM, we are getting the following error in our unit tests(sun jdk 1.6.0_13).

Code:
TestExecutionListener [org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener@629a99eb] to prepare test instance [com.accenture.foundation.common.codetable.EhCacheMapTest@13ef45e0]
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to load ApplicationContext
	at org.springframework.test.context.TestContext.getApplicationContext(TestContext.java:308)
	at org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.injectDependencies(DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.java:109)
	at org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.prepareTestInstance(DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.java:75)
	at org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager.prepareTestInstance(TestContextManager.java:333)
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.createTest(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:220)
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner$1.runReflectiveCall(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:301)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:15)
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.methodBlock(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:303)
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:240)
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:44)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:180)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:41)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:173)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:28)
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.java:61)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:31)
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.java:70)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:220)
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.run(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:180)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4TestSet.execute(JUnit4TestSet.java:62)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.suite.AbstractDirectoryTestSuite.executeTestSet(AbstractDirectoryTestSuite.java:140)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.suite.AbstractDirectoryTestSuite.execute(AbstractDirectoryTestSuite.java:127)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.run(Surefire.java:177)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooter.runSuitesInProcess(SurefireBooter.java:338)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooter.main(SurefireBooter.java:997)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'vehicleDataSet' defined in class path resource [com/accenture/foundation/common/codetable/codetype-unit-test-dataset-context.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException: java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: classpath
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:283)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:984)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:886)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:479)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:450)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:290)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:287)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:189)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:557)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:842)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:416)
	at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractGenericContextLoader.java:84)
	at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractGenericContextLoader.java:1)
	at org.springframework.test.context.TestContext.loadApplicationContext(TestContext.java:280)
	at org.springframework.test.context.TestContext.getApplicationContext(TestContext.java:304)
	... 28 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException: java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: classpath
	at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:141)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:107)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:275)
	... 43 more
Caused by: org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException: java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: classpath
	at org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlProducer.produce(FlatXmlProducer.java:353)
	at org.dbunit.dataset.CachedDataSet.<init>(CachedDataSet.java:81)
	at org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet.<init>(FlatXmlDataSet.java:99)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
	at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:126)
	... 45 more
Caused by: java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: classpath
	at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:574)
	at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:464)
	at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:413)
	at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.setupCurrentEntity(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLVersionDetector.determineDocVersion(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.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
	at org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlProducer.produce(FlatXmlProducer.java:340)
	... 52 more
The bean definition that is giving the exception is :

Code:
<bean name="vehicleDataSet" class="org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet">
		<constructor-arg value="classpath:com/company/foundation/common/codetable/vehicle-dataset.xml" />
</bean>
It is to be noted we are having dependency on dbunit-2.4.1.jar.

With reference to JIRA http://jira.springframework.org/browse/SPR-1530, I would like to understand whether there is a possibility of the bug resurfacing in 3.0.x. It is to be noted that the error does NOT occur in Spring 2.5.6.

Also, we noticed that this test error is not happening in jdk version 1.6.0_19 where the beans are loading fine

Code:
2010-04-14 03:29:59,253 [main] INFO  org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory - Pre-instantiating singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@3bc257: defining beans [org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalAutowiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalRequiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalCommonAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalPersistenceAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer#0,dataSource,liquibase,dbUnitConnection,dataLoader,vehicleDataSet,airportDataSet,multiCategoryDataSet,cache,transactionManager,keyGenerator,codeRecordDao,codeType,cacheMap,codeService,codeServiceFactory,testCodeService,codeTableConfigurationClasspaths]; root of factory hierarchy