descriptor

  <!-- Enable @Controllers with @RequestMapping etc. -->
    <mvc:annotation-driven />
    <context:component-scan base-package="no.something.project.controller" />

    <!-- Enable @Autowired etc. -->
    <context:annotation-config />

    <!-- Load the db.properties file, can use the values like ${property.name} -->
    <context:property-placeholder location="/WEB-INF/db.properties" />

    <!-- Enable JPA -->
    <jpa:repositories base-package="no.something.project" />

    <!-- Connect to DB -->
    <bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close">
        <property name="driverClassName" value="${dataSource.driver}" />
        <property name="url" value="${dataSource.url}" />
        <property name="username" value="${dataSource.username}" />
        <property name="password" value="${dataSource.password}" />
    </bean>

    <!-- Use the DB inside JPA managers -->
    <bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
        <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
        <property name="jpaVendorAdapter">
            <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter">
                <property name="database" value="${dataSource.databaseType}" />
                <property name="generateDdl" value="true" />
                <property name="showSql" value="${dataSource.showSql}" />
            </bean>
        </property>
        <property name="persistenceUnitName" value="jpaPersistenceUnit" />
    </bean>
    <bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
        <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
    </bean>