org.hibernate.internal.util.config.ConfigurationException: Could not locate cfg.xml resource [/HibernateTest/src/hibernate.cfg.xml]

Question

I am trying to connect to Postgresql9.1 in ubuntu with pgadmin3. My Pgadmin3 GUI tool does not give any option to create tables by right clicking the database, but it is ava

Answer 1

new Configuration().configure() takes hibernate.cfg.xml from root of class path directory. new Configuration().configure("/com/company/project/hibernate.cfg.xml") takes from root of class path + com/company/project/hibernate.cfg.xml.

If you are using different file name for hibernate configuration from root of class path, then eg: new Configuration().configure("/database.cfg.xml")

If you want to give the full system path of the configuration file then new Configuration().configure(new File("/home/visruth/config/hibernate.cfg.xml)) which takes the configuration file from the given exact location.