hibernate.cfg.xml not found

Question

I am new to Hibernate, reading this book \"Java persistence with Hibernate\" and I am trying to implement the example from there. So far my Ant build is successful, but when

Answer 1

The XML configuration file is by default expected to be in the root of your CLASSPATH.

You can select a different XML or path configuration file using:

        SessionFactory sessionFactory;
        try {
            Logger log = Logger.getLogger(LOG);
            final String HIB_CONFIG = "/path/to/hibernate.cfg.xml";

            final File hibernate = new File(HIB_CONFIG);
            log.info("Try to init SessionFactory: " + HIB_CONFIG);

            // Create the SessionFactory from hibernate.cfg.xml
            if (hibernate.exists()) {
                log.info("File exists. Init with custom file.");
                sessionFactory = new Configuration()
                        .configure(hibernate)
                        .buildSessionFactory();
            } else {
                log.info("File doesn't exist. Init with default project file.");
                sessionFactory = new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();
            }
        } catch (Throwable ex) {
            throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(ex);
        }

For more information look to session-configuration