spring.profile = ${mySpringProfile}

<context-param>
    <param-name>spring.profiles.active</param-name>
    <param-value>${mySpringProfile}</param-value>
</context-param>

<profiles>
    <profile>
        <id>postgres</id>
        <activation>
            <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
            <property>
                <name>spring.profiles.active</name>
                <value>postgres</value>
            </property>
        </activation>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>postgresql</groupId>
                <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
                <version>9.1-901.jdbc4</version>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </profile>
    <profile>
        <id>h2</id>
        <activation>
            <property>
                <name>spring.profiles.active</name>
                <value>h2</value>
            </property>
        </activation>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
                <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
                <version>1.4.191</version>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </profile>
</profiles>

<context-param>
   <param-name>spring.profiles.default</param-name>
   <param-value>postgres</param-value>
</context-param>

<bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
    <property name="dataSource" ref="mainDataSource" />
    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter">
        <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter" />
    </property>
    <property name="jpaProperties" ref="hibProps"/>
    <property name="packagesToScan">
        <list>
            <value>my.test.model</value>
        </list>
    </property>
</bean>
...
<beans profile="postgres">
    <bean name="mainDataSource"
        class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
        <property name="driverClassName" value="org.postgresql.Driver" />
        <property name="url" value="jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1:5432/webchat" />
        <property name="username" value="postgres" />
        <property name="password" value="postgres" />
    </bean>
</beans>

<beans profile="h2">
    <bean name="mainDataSource"
        class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
        <property name="driverClassName" value="org.h2.Driver" />
        <property name="url" value="jdbc:h2:file:./newsdb;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:init.sql';TRACE_LEVEL_FILE=0" />
        <property name="username" value="sa" />
        <property name="password" value="" />
    </bean>
</beans>

<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

...

<profiles>
    <profile>
        <id>dev</id>
        <activation>
            <!-- Default to dev so we avoid any accidents with prod! :) -->
            <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
        </activation>
        <properties>
            <!-- This can be a single value, or a comma-separated list -->
            <spring.profiles.to.activate>dev</spring.profiles.to.activate>
        </properties>
    </profile>
    <profile>
        <id>uat</id>
        <properties>
            <!-- This can be a single value, or a comma-separated list -->
            <spring.profiles.to.activate>uat</spring.profiles.to.activate>
        </properties>
    </profile>
    <profile>
        <id>prod</id>
        <properties>
            <!-- This can be a single value, or a comma-separated list -->
            <spring.profiles.to.activate>prod</spring.profiles.to.activate>
        </properties>
    </profile>
</profiles>

...

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.6</version>
            <configuration>
                <webResources>
                    <webResource>
                        <filtering>true</filtering>
                        <directory>src/main/webapp</directory>
                        <includes>
                            <include>**/web.xml</include>
                        </includes>
                    </webResource>
                </webResources>
                <failOnMissingWebXml>true</failOnMissingWebXml>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
        ...
    </plugins>
</build>

<!-- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Setup for root Spring context
-->
<listener>
    <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<context-param>
    <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
    <param-value>/WEB-INF/spring-core-config.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<!--
Jim Tough - 2016-11-30
Per Spring Framework guide: http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/htmlsingle/#beans-environment

...profiles may also be activated declaratively through the spring.profiles.active
property which may be specified through system environment variables, JVM system
properties, servlet context parameters in web.xml, or even as an entry in JNDI.
-->
<context-param>
    <param-name>spring.profiles.active</param-name>
    <param-value>${spring.profiles.to.activate}</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -->

@Configuration
@Profile({"dev","default"})
@ComponentScan
@EnableTransactionManagement
@EnableSpringDataWebSupport
public class PersistenceContext {
    // ...
}

<profile>
    <id>dev</id>
    <properties>
        <activatedProperties>dev</activatedProperties>
    </properties>
    <activation>
        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
    </activation>
</profile>
<profile>
    <id>release</id>
    <properties>
        <activatedProperties>release</activatedProperties>
    </properties>
</profile>

<build>
    <resources>
        <resource>
            <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
            <filtering>true</filtering>
        </resource>
    </resources>
    …
</build>

spring.profiles.active=@activatedProperties@