diff --git a/samples/contacts/src/main/webapp/common/WEB-INF/applicationContext-common-business.xml b/samples/contacts/src/main/webapp/common/WEB-INF/applicationContext-common-business.xml
index 63dd4a2765..6666a49cee 100644
--- a/samples/contacts/src/main/webapp/common/WEB-INF/applicationContext-common-business.xml
+++ b/samples/contacts/src/main/webapp/common/WEB-INF/applicationContext-common-business.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 <!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN" "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd">
 
 <!--
+  - Application context containing business beans.
+  -
+  - Used by all artifacts.
+  -
   - $Id$
   -->
 
@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@
             <value>org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver</value>
         </property>
         <property name="url">
-            <value>jdbc:hsqldb:mem:test</value>
+            <value>jdbc:hsqldb:mem:contacts</value>
         </property>
         <property name="username">
             <value>sa</value>
@@ -22,4 +26,47 @@
         </property>
     </bean>
 	
+	<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager">
+		<property name="dataSource"><ref local="dataSource"/></property>
+	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="transactionInterceptor" class="org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor">
+    	<property name="transactionManager"><ref bean="transactionManager"/></property>
+		<property name="transactionAttributeSource">
+			<value>
+				sample.contact.ContactManager.create=PROPAGATION_REQUIRED
+				sample.contact.ContactManager.getAllRecipients=PROPAGATION_REQUIRED,readOnly
+				sample.contact.ContactManager.getAll=PROPAGATION_REQUIRED,readOnly
+				sample.contact.ContactManager.getById=PROPAGATION_REQUIRED,readOnly
+				sample.contact.ContactManager.delete=PROPAGATION_REQUIRED
+				sample.contact.ContactManager.deletePermission=PROPAGATION_REQUIRED
+				sample.contact.ContactManager.addPermission=PROPAGATION_REQUIRED
+			</value>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+   <bean id="dataSourcePopulator" class="sample.contact.DataSourcePopulator">
+	   <property name="dataSource"><ref local="dataSource"/></property>
+   </bean>
+   
+   <bean id="contactDao" class="sample.contact.ContactDaoSpring">
+	   <property name="dataSource"><ref local="dataSource"/></property>
+   </bean>
+
+   <bean id="contactManager" class="org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactoryBean">
+      <property name="proxyInterfaces"><value>sample.contact.ContactManager</value></property>
+      <property name="interceptorNames">
+         <list>
+            <idref local="transactionInterceptor"/>
+            <idref bean="contactManagerSecurity"/>
+            <idref local="contactManagerTarget"/>
+         </list>
+      </property>
+   </bean>
+
+   <bean id="contactManagerTarget" class="sample.contact.ContactManagerBackend">
+	   <property name="contactDao"><ref local="contactDao"/></property>
+	   <property name="basicAclExtendedDao"><ref bean="basicAclExtendedDao"/></property>
+   </bean>
+
 </beans>