You can configure web.xml
at the level of ContextLoaderListener
with:
<context-param>
<param-name>spring.profiles.active</param-name>
<param-value>profileName</param-value>
</context-param>
and the level of DispatcherServlet
with:
<init-param>
<param-name>spring.profiles.active</param-name>
<param-value>profileName</param-value>
</init-param>
Reference: http://spring.io/blog/2011/02/11/spring-framework-3-1-m1-released/