ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("resources/spring-config.xml");
IRockGroupService service = (IRockGroupService) context.getBean("entityService");
RockGroup rockGroup = new RockGroup();
rockGroup.setKey("I");
rockGroup.setName("Интрузивные");
System.out.println(service.saveRockGroup(rockGroup));

    <bean id="fileDataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close">
        <property name="driverClassName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCDriver"/>
        <property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:file:d:/jprojects/gbase/test.db"/>
        <property name="username" value="sa"/>
        <property name="password" value=""/>
    </bean>

    <bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
        <property name="dataSource" ref="fileDataSource"/>
        <property name="hibernateProperties">
            <props>
                <prop key="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect</prop>
                <prop key="hibernate.show_sql">true</prop>
            </props>
        </property>
        <property name="annotatedClasses">
            <list>
                <value>org.stvan.gbase.entity.RockGroup</value>
            </list>
        </property>
    </bean>

    <bean id="txManager" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.HibernateTransactionManager">
        <property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory"/>
    </bean>

    <tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="txManager"/>

    <bean id="rockGroupDAO" class="org.stvan.gbase.dao.RockGroupDao">
        <property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory"/>
    </bean>

    <bean id="entityService" class="org.stvan.gbase.dao.RockGroupService">
        <property name="dao" ref="rockGroupDAO"/>
    </bean>

public class RockGroupService implements IRockGroupService {
    private IEntityDao dao;

    public void setDao(IEntityDao dao) {
        this.dao = dao;
    }

    @Transactional
    public int saveRockGroup(RockGroup rockGroup) {
        dao.save(rockGroup);
        return rockGroup.getId();
    }

    @Transactional
    public List<RockGroup> loadRockGroups() {
        return dao.load();
    }
}

public class RockGroupDao implements IEntityDao {
    private SessionFactory sessionFactory;

    public void setSessionFactory(SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
        this.sessionFactory = sessionFactory;
    }

    @Override
    public void save(RockGroup entity) {
        sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().save(entity);
    }

    @Override
    public List<RockGroup> load() {
        List<RockGroup> groups = (List<RockGroup>) sessionFactory.getCurrentSession()
                .createCriteria(RockGroup.class).list();
        return groups;
    }
}