How a JAR can load the hibernate.cfg.xml external file?

Question

I can't figure out how to pass the hibernate configuration file to JAR program. I get the following error when running the JAR:

org.hibernate.internal.util.config.ConfigurationException: Could not locate cfg.xml resource [hibernate.cfg.xml]

I tried to put the file at the same directory of the JAR, or inside the sub folder resources as it is on the project.

Update: Here is how I'm trying to use:

StandardServiceRegistry registry = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder()
      .configure() 
      .build();  //exception throw here

sessionFactory = new MetadataSources( registry ).buildMetadata().buildSessionFactory();

hibernate.cfg.xml file is placed inside resource folder. Works correctly when loaded from the unit test.

Answer 1

The problem was that StandardServiceRegistry was trying to load hibernate.cfg.xml from the resources and the resources were not embedded in JAR.

I move the configuration file to the sub-folder 'config' and loaded it using File class, like this:

File config = new File("./config/hibernate.cfg.xml");   
StandardServiceRegistry registry = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder()
    .configure(config) 
    .build();
try 
{
    sessionFactory = new MetadataSources(registry)
        .buildMetadata().buildSessionFactory();
}
catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    StandardServiceRegistryBuilder.destroy( registry );
    throw e;
}