Location of hibernate.cfg.xml in project?

Question

I created a project with following structure:

HibernateUtil:

Answer 1

Somehow placing under "src" folder didn't work for me.

Instead placing cfg.xml as below:

[Project Folder]\src\main\resources\hibernate.cfg.xml

worked. Using this code

new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory().openSession();

in a file under

    [Project Folder]/src/main/java/com/abc/xyz/filename.java

In addition have this piece of code in hibernate.cfg.xml

<mapping resource="hibernate/Address.hbm.xml" />
<mapping resource="hibernate/Person.hbm.xml" />

Placed the above hbm.xml files under:

EDIT:

[Project Folder]/src/main/resources/hibernate/Address.hbm.xml
[Project Folder]/src/main/resources/hibernate/Person.hbm.xml

Above structure worked.

Answer 2

try below code it will solve your problem.

Configuration  configuration = new Configuration().configure("/logic/hibernate.cfg.xml");

Answer 3

Give the path relative to your project.

Create a folder called resources in your src and put your config file there.

   configuration.configure("/resources/hibernate.cfg.xml");

And If you check your code

Configuration  configuration = new Configuration().configure( "C:\\Users\\Nikolay_Tkachev\\workspace\\hiberTest\\src\\logic\\hibernate.cfg.xml");
return new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();

In two lines you are creating two configuration objects.

That should work(haven't tested) if you write,

Configuration  configuration = new Configuration().configure( "C:\\Users\\Nikolay_Tkachev\\workspace\\hiberTest\\src\\logic\\hibernate.cfg.xml");
return  configuration.buildSessionFactory();

But It fails after you deploy on the server,Since you are using system path than project relative path.

Answer 4

Another reason why this exception occurs is if you call the configure method twice on a Configuration or AnnotatedConfiguration object like this -

AnnotationConfiguration config = new AnnotationConfiguration();
config.addAnnotatedClass(MyClass.class);
//Use this if config files are in src folder
config.configure();
//Use this if config files are in a subfolder of src, such as "resources"
config.configure("/resources/hibernate.cfg.xml");

Btw, this project structure is inside eclipse.

Answer 5

For anyone interested: if you are using Intellj, just simply put hibernate.cfg.xml under src/main/resources.

Answer 6

Using configure() method two times is responsible the problem for me. Instead of using like this :

    Configuration configuration = new Configuration().configure();
    configuration.configure("/main/resources/hibernate.cfg.xml");

Now, I am using like this, problem does not exist anymore.

    Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
    configuration.configure("/main/resources/hibernate.cfg.xml");

P.S: My hibernate.cfg.xml file is located at "src/main/resources/hibernate.cfg.xml",too. The code belove works for me. at hibernate-5

public class HibernateUtil {

 private static SessionFactory sessionFactory ;


 static {
     try{
    Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
    configuration.configure("/main/resources/hibernate.cfg.xml");
    StandardServiceRegistryBuilder builder = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder().applySettings(configuration.getProperties());
    sessionFactory = configuration.buildSessionFactory(builder.build());
 }
     catch(Exception e){
         e.printStackTrace();
     }
     }

public static SessionFactory getSessionFactory() {
    return sessionFactory;
}
}