Controlling a project with Maven and Spring: How to set Spring config file using Maven profiles?

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I am trying to configure a Spring configuration file with database information based on whether a certain Maven profile is active. I've seen pieces of answers to this but I'm having trouble putting it all together.

I have a Maven profile like this:

<profiles>
    <profile>
        <id>production</id>
        <activation>
            <property>
                <name>environment.type</name>
                <value>prod</value>
            </property>
        </activation>
    </profile>

    <profile>
        <id>development</id>
        <activation>
            <property>
                <name>environment.type</name>
                <value>dev</value>
            </property>
        </activation>

        <!-- Database properties for Spring -->
        <properties>
            <db.driver>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</db.driver>
            <db.type>oracle</db.type>
            <db.host>192.168.0.0</db.host>
            <db.port>1521</db.port>
            <db.name>myDb</db.name>
            <db.url>jdbc:${db.type}:thin:@${db.host}:${db.port}:${db.name}</db.url>
        </properties>

And a settings.xml file like this:

<servers>
  <server>
    <id>development</id>
    <username>jsmith</username>
    <password>secret</password>
  </server>
</servers>

....

<profiles>
  <profile>
    <activation>
      <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
    </activation>

    <properties>
      <environment.type>dev</environment.type>
    </properties>
  </profile>
</profiles>

And in servlet-context.xml:

<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource"
        destroy-method="close">
    <property name="driverClassName">
        <value>${db.driver}</value>
    </property>

    <property name="url">
        <value>${db.url}</value>
    </property>

    <property name="username">
        <value>${db.username}</value>
    </property>

    <property name="password">
        <value>${db.password}</value>
    </property>

    <property name="maxActive">
        <value>10</value>
    </property>

    <property name="maxIdle">
        <value>1</value>
    </property>
</bean>

My question is basically, how do I get the Maven properties into the servlet-context.xml file? Do I need a .properties file? I know a little about filtering in Maven and PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer in Spring but I don't know how to put them together -- or do they go together? Or is there a simpler way?

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