Spring configuration for embedded H2 database for tests

Question

What does your Spring configuration for integration tests look like using an embedded h2 datasource and, optionally, JUnit?

My first try with a SingleConnectionDataS

Answer 1

H2 is bundled with a built-in connection pool implementation. The following XML provides an example of using it as a Datasource bean without a need to introduce additional dependencies on DBCP or C3P0:

The database will be shut down by calling a dispose method when Spring application context closes.