<bean id="cacheManager" class="org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheCacheManager"> <property name="cacheManager"> <bean class="org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheManagerFactoryBean"> <property name="configLocation" value="classpath:ehcache.xml" /> </bean> </property> </bean> <cache:annotation-driven /> @Cacheable(value = "myCache", key = "#param") public MyObject getData(String param) { }