How to set up datasource with Spring for HikariCP?

you need to write this structure on your bean configuration (this is your datasource):

<bean id="hikariConfig" class="com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig">
    <property name="poolName" value="springHikariCP" />
    <property name="connectionTestQuery" value="SELECT 1" />
    <property name="dataSourceClassName" value="${hibernate.dataSourceClassName}" />
    <property name="maximumPoolSize" value="${hibernate.hikari.maximumPoolSize}" />
    <property name="idleTimeout" value="${hibernate.hikari.idleTimeout}" />

    <property name="dataSourceProperties">
        <props>
            <prop key="url">${dataSource.url}</prop>
            <prop key="user">${dataSource.username}</prop>
            <prop key="password">${dataSource.password}</prop>
        </props>
    </property>
</bean>

<!-- HikariCP configuration -->
<bean id="dataSource" class="com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource" destroy-method="close">
    <constructor-arg ref="hikariConfig" />
</bean>

This is my example and it is working. You just need to put your properties on hibernate.properties and set it before:

<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
    <property name="locations">
        <list>
            <value>classpath:hibernate.properties</value>
        </list>
    </property>
</bean>

Obs.: the versions are
log4j: 1.2.16
springframework: 3.1.4.RELEASE
HikariCP: 1.4.0

Properties file (hibernate.properties):

hibernate.dataSourceClassName=oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource
hibernate.hikari.maximumPoolSize=10
hibernate.hikari.idleTimeout=30000
dataSource.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:xe
dataSource.username=admin
dataSource.password=

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