ResourceLoader Not Finding Resources During Integration Tests

[PaperTiger]

I am having trouble understanding how the ResourceLoader locates resources. When I deploy the code on the server it runs fine but it fails in my eclipse test environment when running integration tests. My project is laid out as a typical maven webapp with separate src and test code trees.

//This works fine when deployed but fails during tests
Resource file = resourceLoader.getResource("/WEB-INF/reports/report1.jasper");

I can make the tests work if I hard code the resource location with the full path but it destroys portability.

//HARD CODED: This works fine in tests but fails in deployed
Resource file = resourceLoader.getResource("file:/eclipse_work/myApp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/reports/report1.jasper");

I tried the following (and a few other variations) after reading the reference a little more closely but it doesn't seem to work either.

Resource file = resourceLoader.getResource("classpath*:WEB-INF/reports/report1.jasper");

Any idea what I might be missing?

[PaperTiger]

after a bit more research it looks like the resourceloader is using a GenericApplicationContext when running the integration test that fails. The ResourceLoader works fine when running under Tomcat because it uses WebApplicationContext.

Is there a consistent way to reference a file in the WEB-INF folder of a project using a ResourceLoader no matter whether you are using GenericApplicationContext or WebApplicationContext?