java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: 'sessionFactory' or 'hibernateTemplate' is required in spring+hibernate

Question

I am doing spring + hibernate apllication. When I run the application on tomcat server I am getting some exception. Below is my code.

This is my bean config file.

Answer 1

This is an old question so must be solved now but still if someone comes across this problem. Following is solution.

You can use Hibernate DAO Support by extending HibernateDAOSupport class and overriding its afterPropertiesSet() method.

This method is called in HibernateDAO support and at that time since sessionFactory is null it is throwing this error. In your custom class you can set this property explicitly and then call the same method of Parent Class (i.e. HibernateDAOSupport's addProperties() method)

package com.techcielo.spring4.hibernate.template;

import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Component("hibernateTemplate")
public class Hibernate4CustomTemplate extends HibernateTemplate{

    @Autowired(required=true)
    private SessionFactory sessionFactory;
    public void setSessionFactory(SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
        System.out.println("Setting SessionFactory");
        this.sessionFactory = sessionFactory;
        super.setSessionFactory(sessionFactory);
    }

    @Override
    public void afterPropertiesSet() {
    System.out.println("Checking if properties set..."+this.sessionFactory);
    setSessionFactory(sessionFactory);
    super.afterPropertiesSet();
    }
}

Following can be used for sample!