Export And Import Of Configuration Files

I have a library that I'm writing, the library contains a spring xml configuration file (lets say it's called libraryContext.xml) that sets the library up correctly for runtime, it also includes a test spring xml file that sets the library up for test by importing libraryContext.xml and overriding certain dependency injection beans (the library basically connects to a real database under normal conditions and uses dummy DAO's under test conditions). That bit is all fine.

The thing is, when I build the jar for the library (lets say it's called library-0.1.jar), the jar does not seem to contain the libraryContext.xml and that means that I can't import library.xml into my applications context.xml.

Basically, I have this line in my applications context.xml

Java Code: <import resource = "classpath:libraryContext.xml"/> mh_sh_highlight_all('java');

Unsurprisingly, since the xml file is not contained in the library-0.1.jar, the error I get is,

Java Code:

Offending resource: class path resource [applicationContext.xml];
nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException:
IOException parsing XML document from class path resource [libraryContext.xml];
nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [libraryContext.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist mh_sh_highlight_all('java');

With respect to potential solutions to the above problem, I could:

1) physically copy the libraryContext.xml file (and its other *.xml and *.properties dependencies) into the application, but then I'd have to maintain duplicate files - I don't like this option.

2) find out if there is a better way to handle this problem from people who know better. E.g. is there a way to embed the libraryContext.xml file (and it's dependencies) into the jar file so that it can then be imported into the application. I've spent a while on google trying to figure this out and haven't come up with anything overly useful (perhaps I've been using the wrong search parameters).