How to load property file which is present in outside webapps folder Spring4.0?

I am trying to load the property file

Below is the line of code I have in spring.xml of 'org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet'

I am always getting FileNotFoundException always.

What I realized is that th application is always trying to look from the classpath after appending additiona '/'.

Could you please let me know what is the best way to load the property file which is present outside the webapps.