I\'m new to Spring MVC and Hibernate. I\'m trying to start a project by following tutorials but I have been running into problems as my project structure is not consistent with
I know this doesn't answer your question fully, but hopefully the links will be useful.
WebApplicationInitializer - A 100% code based approach to configuration
as well as AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext
Also, if you have the time, reading the relevant sections of Spring's MVC chapter of their documentation is helpful.