title: Document root element "configuration", must match DOCTYPE root "null"
body: <p>Hi I'm trying to connect Spring MVC to MySQL using MyBatis. While setting, I got error message something like:</p>
  
  <p><code>org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Document root element "configuration", must match DOCTYPE root "null"</code>.</p>
  
  <p>After googling I found that it some how related with Spring version. However I not understand 100%. I try to change some dependencies version in pom.xml but haven't make it solve.Hope someone tell me what is the problem exactly and how to solve.belows are full error message and pom.xml. sorry for my english and thank you for your attention. I will appreciate for your answes.</p>
  
  <p>====================================
  error message</p>
  
  <pre>org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Document root element "configuration", must match DOCTYPE root "null". at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:195)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.error(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:131)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:384)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:318)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.rootElementSpecified(XMLDTDValidator.java:1621)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.handleStartElement(XMLDTDValidator.java:1900)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.startElement(XMLDTDValidator.java:764)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1363)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$ContentDriver.scanRootElementHook(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:1315)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:3104)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$PrologDriver.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:921)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:647)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:511)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:808)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:119)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.parse(DOMParser.java:232)
      at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(DocumentBuilderImpl.java:284)
      at org.apache.ibatis.parsing.XPathParser.createDocument(XPathParser.java:254)
      at org.apache.ibatis.parsing.XPathParser.(XPathParser.java:125)
      at org.apache.ibatis.builder.xml.XMLConfigBuilder.(XMLConfigBuilder.java:75)
      at org.apache.ibatis.session.SqlSessionFactoryBuilder.build(SqlSessionFactoryBuilder.java:79)
      at org.apache.ibatis.session.SqlSessionFactoryBuilder.build(SqlSessionFactoryBuilder.java:66)
      at test.test.test.UserServiceImpl.gerUserList(UserServiceImpl.java:25)
      at test.test.test.HomeController.home(HomeController.java:41)
      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.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:213)
      at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:126)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:96)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:617)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:578)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:80)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:923)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:852)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:882)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:778)
      at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:617)
      at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:723)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
      at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
      at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
      at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:861)
      at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:606)
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
           at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)</pre>
  
  <p>=================
  pom.xml:</p>
  
  <pre><code>  &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
    &lt;project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-  v4_0_0.xsd"&gt;
      &lt;modelVersion&gt;4.0.0&lt;/modelVersion&gt;
      &lt;groupId&gt;test.test&lt;/groupId&gt;
      &lt;artifactId&gt;test&lt;/artifactId&gt;## Heading ##
      &lt;name&gt;testMVC&lt;/name&gt;
      &lt;packaging&gt;war&lt;/packaging&gt;
      &lt;version&gt;1.0.0-BUILD-SNAPSHOT&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;properties&gt;
           &lt;java-version&gt;1.6&lt;/java-version&gt;
           &lt;org.springframework-version&gt;3.1.1.RELEASE&lt;/org.springframework-version&gt;
           &lt;org.aspectj-version&gt;1.6.10&lt;/org.aspectj-version&gt;
           &lt;org.slf4j-version&gt;1.6.6&lt;/org.slf4j-version&gt;
      &lt;/properties&gt;
      &lt;dependencies&gt;
      &lt;!-- Spring --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-context&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${org.springframework-version}&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;exclusions&gt;
              &lt;!-- Exclude Commons Logging in favor of SLF4j --&gt;
              &lt;exclusion&gt;
                  &lt;groupId&gt;commons-logging&lt;/groupId&gt;
                  &lt;artifactId&gt;commons-logging&lt;/artifactId&gt;
               &lt;/exclusion&gt;
          &lt;/exclusions&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-webmvc&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;${org.springframework-version}&lt;/version&gt;
              &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;!-- AspectJ --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.aspectj&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;aspectjrt&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${org.aspectj-version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;   
  
      &lt;!-- Logging --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.slf4j&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;slf4j-api&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${org.slf4j-version}&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.slf4j&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jcl-over-slf4j&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${org.slf4j-version}&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;runtime&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.slf4j&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;slf4j-log4j12&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;${org.slf4j-version}&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;runtime&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;log4j&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;log4j&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.2.15&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;exclusions&gt;
              &lt;exclusion&gt;
                  &lt;groupId&gt;javax.mail&lt;/groupId&gt;
                  &lt;artifactId&gt;mail&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;/exclusion&gt;
              &lt;exclusion&gt;
                  &lt;groupId&gt;javax.jms&lt;/groupId&gt;
                  &lt;artifactId&gt;jms&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;/exclusion&gt;
              &lt;exclusion&gt;
                  &lt;groupId&gt;com.sun.jdmk&lt;/groupId&gt;
                  &lt;artifactId&gt;jmxtools&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;/exclusion&gt;
              &lt;exclusion&gt;
                  &lt;groupId&gt;com.sun.jmx&lt;/groupId&gt;
                  &lt;artifactId&gt;jmxri&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;/exclusion&gt;
          &lt;/exclusions&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;runtime&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;!-- @Inject --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;javax.inject&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;javax.inject&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;!-- Servlet --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;javax.servlet&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;servlet-api&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.5&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;provided&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;javax.servlet.jsp&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jsp-api&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.1&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;provided&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;javax.servlet&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jstl&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.2&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;!-- Test --&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;junit&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;junit&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;4.7&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;test&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-orm&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;4.0.5.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.tomcat&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;tomcat-dbcp&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;7.0.47&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.mybatis&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;mybatis&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;3.2.7&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.mybatis&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;mybatis-spring&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.2.2&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;mysql&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;mysql-connector-java&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;5.1.18&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  &lt;/dependencies&gt;
  &lt;build&gt;
      &lt;plugins&gt;
          &lt;plugin&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-eclipse-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;2.9&lt;/version&gt;
              &lt;configuration&gt;
                  &lt;additionalProjectnatures&gt;
                      &lt;projectnature&gt;org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springnature&lt;/projectnature&gt;
                  &lt;/additionalProjectnatures&gt;
                  &lt;additionalBuildcommands&gt;
                      &lt;buildcommand&gt;org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springbuilder&lt;/buildcommand&gt;
                  &lt;/additionalBuildcommands&gt;
                  &lt;downloadSources&gt;true&lt;/downloadSources&gt;
                  &lt;downloadJavadocs&gt;true&lt;/downloadJavadocs&gt;
              &lt;/configuration&gt;
          &lt;/plugin&gt;
          &lt;plugin&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.plugins&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-compiler-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;2.5.1&lt;/version&gt;
              &lt;configuration&gt;
                  &lt;source&gt;1.6&lt;/source&gt;
                  &lt;target&gt;1.6&lt;/target&gt;
                  &lt;compilerArgument&gt;-Xlint:all&lt;/compilerArgument&gt;
                  &lt;showWarnings&gt;true&lt;/showWarnings&gt;
                  &lt;showDeprecation&gt;true&lt;/showDeprecation&gt;
              &lt;/configuration&gt;
          &lt;/plugin&gt;
          &lt;plugin&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.codehaus.mojo&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;exec-maven-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;1.2.1&lt;/version&gt;
              &lt;configuration&gt;
                  &lt;mainClass&gt;org.test.int1.Main&lt;/mainClass&gt;
              &lt;/configuration&gt;
          &lt;/plugin&gt;
      &lt;/plugins&gt;
  &lt;/build&gt;
  &lt;/project&gt;
  </code></pre>