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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE Configure PUBLIC "-//Mort Bay Consulting//DTD Configure//EN" "http://jetty.mortbay.org/configure.dtd">
+
+<Configure class="org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
+
+    <New id="myDataSource"
+        class="org.mortbay.jetty.plus.naming.Resource">
+        <Arg>jdbc/dataSource</Arg>
+        <Arg>
+            <New class="com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlConnectionPoolDataSource">
+                <Set name="Url">jdbc:mysql://${alfresco.db.url}/${alfresco.db.name}</Set>
+                <Set name="User">${alfresco.db.username}</Set>
+                <Set name="Password">${alfresco.db.password}</Set>
+            </New>
+        </Arg>
+    </New>
+
+</Configure>