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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+
+	<bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+		<property name="mappingLocations" value="classpath*:/*.hbm.xml" />
+		<property name="hibernateProperties">
+			<value>
+				<![CDATA[
+			hibernate.show_sql=true
+			hibernate.format_sql=true
+			]]>
+			</value>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTransactionManager" lazy-init="true">
+		<property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory" />
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>