listener

<listener>
<listener-class>
org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextListener
</listener-class>
</listener>

<listener>
<listener-class>
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
</listener-class>
</listener>

 <bean id="userPreferences" class="com.foo.UserPreferences" scope="session">
          <!-- this next element effects the proxying of the surrounding bean -->
          <aop:scoped-proxy/>
  </bean>