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

Question

Consider the hierarchy :

And the following classes and xml :

Answer 1

In my case it resolves by adding configuration.addAnnotatedClass(com.myApp.model.Example.class); after Configuration configuration = new Configuration().configure(HibernateUtil.class.getResource("/hibernate.cfg.xml")); in hibernateUtill class. It Read a mapping from the class annotation metadata . Read more about addAnnotatedClass() from here.