Spring Context Specific Configuration Files
Spring can be configured in lots of different ways and using context specific XML configuration is one of the preferred approaches. Context specific configuration in other words is simply a chunk of XML specific to a single concern (e.g. servlet config, jpa config, and whatever else you need). A classic example of this is the servlet-config.xml
that the Dispatcher Servlet binds against:
{% highlight xml %}
web.xml
. Here’s an example for defining a place to stick JPA related cruft:
{% highlight xml %}