<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app id="BioSafetyWebApp" version="2.4"
	xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">

	<display-name>Archetype Created Web Application</display-name>

	<context-param>
		<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
		<param-value>
			/WEB-INF/yourApplicationNameHere-context.xml 
			/WEB-INF/yourApplicationNameHere-servlet.xml
			/WEB-INF/yourApplicationNameHere-persistence.xml
			/WEB-INF/yourApplicationNameHere-security.xml
			/WEB-INF/yourApplicationNameHere-service.xml
		</param-value>
	</context-param>
	
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>yourApplicationNameHere</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>
			org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
		</servlet-class>
		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
	</servlet>

	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>yourApplicationNameHere</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>*.htm</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>

	<listener>
		<listener-class>
			org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
		</listener-class>
	</listener>	
	
	<filter>
		<filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name>
		<filter-class>
			com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter
		</filter-class>
	</filter>

	<filter-mapping>
		<filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name>
		<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
	</filter-mapping>	

	<!-- Allows me to lazy load objects -->
	<filter>
		<filter-name>hibernateFilter</filter-name>
		<filter-class>
			org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter
		</filter-class>
	</filter>	
	<filter-mapping>
		<filter-name>hibernateFilter</filter-name>
		<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
	</filter-mapping>

	<!-- Usually just does a jsp forward to a default action -->
	<welcome-file-list>
		<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
	</welcome-file-list>
	
	<!-- Commented out during development, it's easier to just see the app server blow up

	<error-page>
		<error-code>404</error-code>
		<location>/404.jsp</location>
	</error-page>
	<error-page>
		<exception-type>java.lang.Exception</exception-type>
		<location>/error.jsp</location>
	</error-page>
	
	 -->
</web-app>

Basic web.xml setup for using Spring MVC, Sitemesh, and Hibernate (using hibernate filter for lazy loading)

web.xml for Spring MVC, hibernate filter, and sitemesh web application

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