web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" 
id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">

	<display-name>Spring PetClinic</display-name>
	<description>Spring PetClinic sample application</description>
	
	 <context-param> 
	    <param-name>spring.profiles.active</param-name>
	    <param-value>jdbc</param-value>
	    <!-- Available profiles:
	    	<param-value>jdbc</param-value>
	    	<param-value>jpa</param-value> (in the case of plain JPA)
	    	<param-value>spring-data-jpa</param-value> (in the case of Spring Data JPA)
	     -->
	  </context-param>

	<!--
		- Location of the XML file that defines the root application context.
		- Applied by ContextLoaderServlet.
	-->
	<context-param>
		<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
		<param-value>classpath:spring/dao-config.xml, classpath:spring/service-config.xml, classpath:spring/jmx-aop-config.xml</param-value>
	</context-param>
	
	<listener>
		<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
	</listener>	
	
	<!--
		- Servlet that dispatches request to registered handlers (Controller implementations).
	-->
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>petclinic</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
		<init-param>
			<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
			<param-value>/WEB-INF/mvc-core-config.xml</param-value>
		</init-param>
		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
	</servlet>

	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>petclinic</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>

	<!-- used so we can use forms of method type 'PUT' and 'DELETE' 
	see here: http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/html/view.html#rest-method-conversion
	-->
	<filter>
		<filter-name>httpMethodFilter</filter-name>
		<filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.HiddenHttpMethodFilter</filter-class>
	</filter>

	<filter-mapping>
		<filter-name>httpMethodFilter</filter-name>
		<servlet-name>petclinic</servlet-name>
	</filter-mapping>
	
</web-app>