Weblogic 10.3.5 Overriding Spring Version
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I am developing a web application using Oracle's OEPE distribution, including Weblogic server 10.3.5. WLS includes its own version of Spring, which appears to be 2.5.6.SEC01. However, we are trying to use Spring and Spring Security features specific to the 3.1 release.

The Maven POM defines the Spring Version as a property to be 3.1.1.RELEASE (with that property plugged in to the <depedency> sections, i.e.:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>

I've try two separate ways in weblogic.xml of excluding the built-in Spring (one is commented out below, but rest assured I've tried both):

	<wls:container-descriptor>
		<wls:prefer-application-packages>
			<wls:package-name>com.oracle.ojdbc16.*</wls:package-name>
			<wls:package-name>antlr.*</wls:package-name>
			<wls:package-name>javax.persistence.*</wls:package-name>
			<wls:package-name>org.apache.commons.*</wls:package-name>
			<wls:package-name>org.springframework.*</wls:package-name>
			<wls:package-name>org.hibernate.*</wls:package-name>
			<wls:package-name>org.apache.xerces.*</wls:package-name>
		</wls:prefer-application-packages>
		<!-- <wls:prefer-web-inf-classes>true</wls:prefer-web-inf-classes> -->
	</wls:container-descriptor>

What in the world do I have to do to use my own version of Spring?