Location of hibernate.cfg.xml in project?

Question

I created a project with following structure:

HibernateUtil:

public class HibernateUtil {

    private static final SessionFactory sessionFactory = buildSessionFactory();

    private static SessionFactory buildSessionFactory() {
        try {
            // Create the SessionFactory from hibernate.cfg.xml
            Configuration  configuration = new Configuration().configure( "C:\\Users\\Nikolay_Tkachev\\workspace\\hiberTest\\src\\logic\\hibernate.cfg.xml");
            return new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();
        } catch (Throwable ex) {
            // Make sure you log the exception, as it might be swallowed
            System.err.println("Initial SessionFactory creation failed." + ex);
            throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(ex);
        }
    }

    public static SessionFactory getSessionFactory() {
        return sessionFactory;
    }

    public static void shutdown() {
        // Close caches and connection pools
        getSessionFactory().close();
    }

}

at line

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

I have error

Initial SessionFactory creation failed.org.hibernate.HibernateException: C:\Users\Nikolay_Tkachev\workspace\hiberTest\src\logic\hibernate.cfg.xml not found Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError at logic.HibernateUtil.buildSessionFactory(HibernateUtil.java:19) at logic.HibernateUtil.(HibernateUtil.java:9) at logic.Main.main(Main.java:12) Caused by: org.hibernate.HibernateException: C:\Users\Nikolay_Tkachev\workspace\hiberTest\src\logic\hibernate.cfg.xml not found at org.hibernate.internal.util.ConfigHelper.getResourceAsStream(ConfigHelper.java:173) at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.getConfigurationInputStream(Configuration.java:1947) at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.configure(Configuration.java:1928) at logic.HibernateUtil.buildSessionFactory(HibernateUtil.java:14) ... 2 more

What is the reason for the error and how do I fix it?

Answer 1

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.