<!-- Hibernate SessionFactory Definition -->
<bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
   <property name="mappingResources">
      <list>
         <value>catalog/model/businessobject/Product.hbm.xml</value>
         <value>catalog/model/businessobject/Category.hbm.xml</value>
         <value>catalog/model/businessobject/User.hbm.xml</value>
      </list>
   </property>
   <property name="hibernateProperties">
      <props>
         <prop key="hibernate.dialect">net.sf.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect</prop>
       <prop key="hibernate.show_sql">true</prop>
       <prop key="hibernate.cglib.use_reflection_optimizer">true</prop>
       <prop key="hibernate.cache.provider_class">net.sf.hibernate.cache.HashtableCacheProvider</prop>
      </props>
   </property> 
   <property name="dataSource">
      <ref bean="dataSource"/>
   </property>
</bean>
CatalogDao uses HibernateTemplate to integrate between Hibernate and Spring. Here's the configuration for HibernateTemplate: 
<!-- Hibernate Template Defintion -->
<bean id="hibernateTemplate" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate.HibernateTemplate"> 
   <property name="sessionFactory"><ref bean="sessionFactory"/></property> 
   <property name="jdbcExceptionTranslator"><ref bean="jdbcExceptionTranslator"/></property> 
</bean>