Loading spring application context files that are inside a jar in classpath

I am trying to use ClassPathXmlApplicationContext in my java standalone code to load applicationContext.xml that is inside a jar file which is in my class path.

ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("classpath*:**/applicationContext*.xml");

applicationContext.xml entry as follows,

 <bean id="myAdder" class="com.foo.bar.MyAdder">
        <property name="floatAdder" ref="floatAdder"/>        
    </bean>

And, when I try to load a bean that way I am getting NoSuchBeanException. Can't a bean by loaded in this way?

The jar file is added to my classpath as a maven dependency. When I see the Java Build Path in Eclipse for this project, I see this jar linked as M2_REPO/.../..

I was assuming I can load the bean inside the jar file as the jar is in classpath this way. Am I missing something?

Thanks,Abi