How to load hibernate.cfg.xml from different location

Question

I am creating a jar using hibernate. I have encountered a situation where I need to change a setting (url) often, so I would like to load the hibernate.cfg.xml like

Answer 1

There is a method public Configuration configure(File configFile) in class Configuration

Try the following, it should work for sure :)

File f = new File("D:\\fax\\hibernate.cfg.xml");
SessionFactory sessionFactory = new Configuration().configure(f).buildSessionFactory();

The difference is you have used a method configure(String resource) which is expecting a resource in a classpath, but where as configure(File configFile) is expecting a File, so you can pass it.