title: Configuration file is within the JAR. How to put the configuration file outside the JAR?
body: <p>When I create a Java Spring application, the spring.xml configuration file is usually in the src folder. When I export this application as a runnable JAR, the spring.xml file goes inside the JAR. But I don't want the jar to be extracted and only want the contents of spring.xml to be changed when necessary. </p>
  
  <p>But since the XML is inside the JAR, it means I am changing the JAR file when I change the contents of spring.xml. How to get around this? Is it possible to have the spring.xml outside the JAR? </p>