The Spring series, Part 2: When Hibernate meets Spring

<!-- Pass the session factory to our CustomerDAO -->
 <bean id="customerDAOTarget" 
     class="springexample.hibernate.CustomerDAOImpl">
   <property name="sessionFactory"><ref local="exampleSessionFactory"/>
   </property>
 </bean>


  <bean id="transactionManager" 
   class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate.HibernateTransactionManager">
   <property name="sessionFactory">
     <ref bean="exampleSessionFactory"/>
   </property>
  </bean>

  <bean id="userDAO"
   class="org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionProxyFactoryBean">
   <property name="transactionManager"><ref local="transactionManager"/>
   </property>
   <property name="target"><ref local="customerDAOTarget"/>
   </property>
   <property name="transactionAttributes">
     <props>
       <prop key="addCustomer">PROPAGATION_REQUIRED</prop>
     </props>
  </property>
 </bean>