org.hibernate.MappingException: Unknown entity: annotations.Users

Question

Consider the hierarchy :

And the following classes and xml :

Answer 1

 public static void main(String[] args) {
      try{
        // factory = new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();
         factory = new AnnotationConfiguration().
                   configure().
                   //addPackage("com.xyz") //add package if used.
                   addAnnotatedClass(Employee.class).
                   buildSessionFactory();
      }catch (Throwable ex) { 
         System.err.println("Failed to create sessionFactory object." + ex);
         throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(ex); 
      }//you can write like this in your test class inside main method.this way you will be able to do the things using annotaions only