getHibernateTemplate().saveOrUpdate(contract);

if (counter % getMaxBatchSize() == 0) {
  session.flush();
  session.clear();
}

<bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
<property name="dataSource">
  <ref bean="dataSource"/></property>
<property name="mappingResources">
<list>
  <value>file1.hbm.xml</value>
  <value>file2.hbm.xml</value>
  ...
</list>         
<property name="hibernateProperties">
  <props>
    <prop key="hibernate.dialect">${hibernate.dialect}</prop>
    ...
  </props>
</property>
</bean>

   <!-- TransactionInterceptor, we define here the selection criteria to
        be used in order to detect the method that are going to be considered
    -->
    <bean id="transactionInterceptor"
        class="org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor">
        <description>
            Defines the interception criteria for transactions, that is
            where the transaction will be activated and characteristics
            of such transaction.
        </description>
        <property name="transactionManager">
            <ref bean ="transactionManager"/>
        </property>
        <property name="transactionAttributes">
            <props>
                <!--Put here methods will be transactional, you can use
                    wild cards-->
                <!--prop key="process">PROPAGATION_REQUIRED,ISOLATION_SERIALIZABLE,timeout_60,-ApplicationException</prop-->
                <prop key="process">PROPAGATION_REQUIRED</prop>
                <prop key="batch">PROPAGATION_REQUIRED</prop>
            </props>
        </property>
    </bean>
   
    <!--
        We define here the interfaces will be considered have transactional methods.
    -->
   
    <bean id="autoProxyCreator"
        class="org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.BeanNameAutoProxyCreator">
        <property name="interceptorNames">
            <value>transactionInterceptor</value>
        </property>
        <property name="beanNames">
            <!--Add here the bean that should have transactional methods-->
            <list>
                <idref local="positionBatch"/>
                <idref local="holderBatch"/>
                <idref local="movementBatch"/>
            </list>
        </property>
    </bean>

<bean id = "positionBatch"
        class="com.schinvest.lra.business.batch.position.PositionBatchImpl"
        singleton = "true" parent ="baseService">
        <description>
            Carry out the Position Batch process, here we define the
            dependence implementation, although we refer to other beans.
        </description>
        <property name="companyDao">
            <ref bean="companyDao"/>
        </property>
        <property name="parser">
            <ref local="positionInputParser"/>
        </property>
    </bean>

   <bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
      <description>
         Definition of the Hibernate Session Factory, you can add more
         properties in order to get fine tuning of the Hibernate Session.
         Here we provide the list of hibernate mapping files.
      </description>
      <property name="dataSource"><ref bean="dataSource"/></property>
      <!--Directory location of the *.hbm.xml files-->
      <property name="mappingDirectoryLocations">
         <value>${hibernate.mappingDirectoryLocations}</value>
      </property>
      <property name="hibernateProperties">
         <props>
            <prop key="hibernate.dialect">${hibernate.dialect}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.max_fetch_depth">${hibernate.max_fetch_depth}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.show_sql">${hibernate.show_sql}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.generate_statistics">${hibernate.generate_statistics}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.use_sql_comments">${hibernate.use_sql_comments}</prop>
         </props>
      </property>
   </bean>

   <!-- Transaction manager for a single Hibernate SessionFactory (alternative to JTA) -->
   <bean id="transactionManager"
      class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTransactionManager">
      <description>
         Transaction manager for a single Hibernate SessionFactory
         (alternative to JTA)
      </description>
      <property name="dataSource">
         <ref bean="dataSource"/>
      </property>
      <property name="sessionFactory">
         <ref local="sessionFactory"/>
      </property>
   </bean>
   
   <!--Parent bean for all hibernate implementation dao's-->
   <bean id="hibernateBase" depends-on="propertiesManager" abstract="true">
      <description>
         Parent bean for all hibernate implementation dao's
      </description>
      <property name="sessionFactory">
         <ref local="sessionFactory"/>
      </property>
   </bean>

   <!--Hibernate implementation of lraDao bean-->
   <bean id="companyDao" class="com.schinvest.lra.data.hibernate.HibernateCompanyDao"
       parent="hibernateBase">
      <description>
         Hibernate implementation of DAO interface for Position Batch Process.
      </description>   
      <property name="properties"><ref bean="propertiesManager"/></property>   
   </bean>