Embed hibernate hbm.xml mappings in jar

Question

Is it possible to embed the hibernate mapping hbm.xml’s to the jar and avoid manual reference in applicationContext.xml like

Answer 1

Yes, you can, by default Spring goes from the class path when search for mapping files. So if the jar is on your class path, it should find the files no problem for the hibernate mapping files to be included in your local session factory bean.

So if your mapping file is in my.spring.package and is called mapping.xml, the path

my/spring/package/mapping.xml

should work just fine.

EDIT

Thanks for the comment, I will update my answer.

NO, you cannot point at a jar... but YES, you may point to mapping files in the jar.