org.hibernate.HibernateException: /hibernate.cfg.xml not found

Question

I\'m trying to use hibernate with spring 3 mvc but at the moment I get this exception thrown. I think I need to define my hibernate.cfg.xml somewhere, but not s

Answer 1

hibernate.cfg.xml must be found in the root of the classpath when the webapp is started.

If you are using maven to build the project, put hibernate.cfg.xml in the src/main/resources directory so that when you build the war package, it will be automatically be placed in /WEB-INF/classes.

If not using maven, place the file directly in your WEB-INF/classes directory.