public static final ThreadLocal session = new ThreadLocal();

    public static Session currentSession()
            throws NamingException, MyFatalException{

        try {
            Session s = (Session) session.get();
            if (s == null) {
                //relace with JNDI lookup or other of retrieving
//                SessionFactory sf = (SessionFactory) new InitialContext().lookup("SessionFactory");
                SessionFactory sf = new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();
                s = sf.openSession();
                session.set(s);
            }
            return s;
        } catch (HibernateException e) {
            log.error("Problem opening session", e);
            throw new MyFatalException();
        }
    }

    public static void closeSession() throws MyFatalException {
        try {
            Session s = (Session) session.get();
            session.set(null);
            if (s != null){
                s.flush();
                s.close();
            }
        } catch (HibernateException e) {
            log.error("Problme closing session", e);
            throw new MyFatalException();
        }
    }

public class BasicPersistentTest extends TestCase {
    private final static Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(BasicPersistentTest.class);

    protected Session session;
    protected Transaction transaction;
//    private static  SessionFactory sf = getSessionFactory();
    protected BusinessContextInfo contextInfo;
    protected BusinessContext context;
/**
    private static SessionFactory getSessionFactory() {
        try {
            return new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();
        } catch (HibernateException e) {
            log.error("ERROR CREATING SESSION FACTORY");
            return null;
        }
    }
**/

    public void commit() throws HibernateException {
        transaction.commit();
        session.close();
        try {
            HazwebTransactionController.closeSession();
        } catch (HazwebFatalException e) {
            log.error("PROBLEM CLOSING HIBERNATE SESSION");
            throw new HibernateException(e);
        }
    }

    public void begin() throws HibernateException {
//        if(sf == null){
//            throw new HibernateException("SESSION FACTORY NOT CREATED");
//        }
        try {
            session = HazwebTransactionController.currentSession();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error("PROBLEM GETTING HIBERNATE SESSION");
            throw new HibernateException(e);
        }
        transaction = session.beginTransaction();

    }
}

session=sf.getSession().

public void testGetGenerator() throws HibernateException, HazwebFatalException, BadPersistentIdException {
        log.debug("testGetChemWasteRoom()");
        try {

            begin();

            generatorManager = BeanLookup.getGeneratorManager(contextInfo);

            generatorDescription = "genDesc";
            contactPerson = "contact";
            phoneNumber = "phoneNumber";
            email = "email";
            department = "department";
            shippingAddress = "shippingAddress";
            comments = "comments";

            Generator generatorPers = new Generator(generatorDescription, contactPerson, phoneNumber, email, department, shippingAddress, comments);

            session.save(generatorPers);

            commit();

            GeneratorManager genManager = BeanLookup.getGeneratorManager(contextInfo);

            long generatorId = generatorPers.getId().longValue();

            ShortGeneratorInfo generatorInfo = genManager.getGenerator(generatorId, contextInfo);

            assertEquals("Bad id", generatorPers.getId().toString(), generatorInfo.getId());
            assertEquals("Bad last updated", generatorPers.getLastUpdated(), generatorInfo.getLastUpdated());
            assertEquals("Bad description", generatorDescription, generatorInfo.getGeneratorDescription());
            assertEquals("Bad contactPerson", contactPerson, generatorInfo.getContactPerson());
            assertEquals("Bad phoneNumber", phoneNumber, generatorInfo.getPhoneNumber());
            assertEquals("Bad email", email, generatorInfo.getEmail());
            assertEquals("Bad department", department, generatorInfo.getDepartment());
            assertEquals("Bad shippingAddress", shippingAddress, generatorInfo.getShippingAddress());
            assertEquals("Bad comments", comments, generatorInfo.getComments());

        } finally {
            if (transaction != null) {
                try {
                    transaction.rollback();
                } catch (HibernateException e1) {
                    log.error("ERROR ROLLING BACK IN TEST");
                }
            }
        }

        log.debug("TEST OK");
    }

/**
     * Retrieve a Generator
     *
     * @param generatorId
     * @param contextInfo
     * @return {@link GeneratorInfo} representing the generator with id generatorId
     * @throws HazwebFatalException
     */
    public ShortGeneratorInfo getGenerator(long generatorId, BusinessContextInfo contextInfo)
            throws HazwebFatalException, BadPersistentIdException {

        //@todo add security checks

        dataAccessLog.info("GeneratorManagerImpl.getGenerator ==>");
        Transaction tx = null;
        try {
            Session session = HazwebTransactionController.currentSession();

            tx = session.beginTransaction();

            IGeneratorManagerHelper genManHelper = ManagerHelperFactory.getGeneratorManager(HazWebDataUtil.createBusinessContext(contextInfo),
                    session);

            ShortGeneratorInfo generatorInfo = genManHelper.getGenerator(generatorId);

            tx.commit();

            return generatorInfo;


        } catch (BadPersistentIdException bpid) {
            log.error("Entity of type " + bpid.getEntityType() + " with id " + bpid.getBadId() + " does not exist");
            rollback(tx, log);
            throw bpid;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error("Unexpected exception in business call", e);
            if (tx != null) {
                try {
                    tx.rollback();
                } catch (HibernateException e1) {
                    log.error("Failure to rollback transaction", e1);
                }
            }
            throw new HazwebFatalException("Unexpected exception in business call");


        } finally {
            dataAccessLog.info("GeneratorManagerImpl.getGenerator <==");
            HazwebTransactionController.closeSession();
        }
    }

  public ShortGeneratorInfo getGenerator(long generatorId) throws BadPersistentIdException {
        log.debug("getGenerator()");

        Generator genPers = (Generator) PersistenceHelper.findPersistentObject(generatorId, Generator.class, getSession());

        return generatorConvertor.persToShortInfo(genPers);
    }

######################
### Query Language ###
######################

## define query language constants / function names

hibernate.query.substitutions true 1, false 0, yes 'Y', no 'N'


#DYNAMIC

hibernate.dialect @HibernateDialect@
hibernate.connection.driver_class @DatabaseDriver@
hibernate.connection.url @DatabaseUrl@
hibernate.connection.username @DatabaseUserName@
hibernate.connection.password @DatabasePassword@

#################
### Platforms ###
#################

## JNDI Datasource

#hibernate.connection.datasource jdbc/test
#hibernate.connection.username db2
#hibernate.connection.password db2


## HypersonicSQL

#hibernate.dialect net.sf.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect
#hibernate.connection.driver_class org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
#hibernate.connection.username sa
#hibernate.connection.password
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:hsqldb:test
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:hsqldb:.


## PostgreSQL

#hibernate.dialect net.sf.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
#hibernate.connection.driver_class org.postgresql.Driver
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:postgresql:template1
#hibernate.connection.username pg
#hibernate.connection.password
#hibernate.query.substitutions yes 'Y', no 'N'


## DB2

#hibernate.dialect net.sf.hibernate.dialect.DB2Dialect
#hibernate.connection.driver_class COM.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:db2:test
#hibernate.connection.username db2
#hibernate.connection.password db2


## DB2/400

#hibernate.dialect net.sf.hibernate.dialect.DB2400Dialect
#hibernate.connection.username user
#hibernate.connection.password password

## Native driver
#hibernate.connection.driver_class COM.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:db2://systemname

## Toolbox driver
#hibernate.connection.driver_class com.ibm.as400.access.AS400JDBCDriver
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:as400://systemname


## MySQL

#hibernate.dialect net.sf.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
#hibernate.connection.driver_class org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver
#hibernate.connection.driver_class com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:mysql:///hazmat
#hibernate.connection.username hazmatDevel
#hibernate.connection.password Resaklop@


## Oracle

#hibernate.dialect net.sf.hibernate.dialect.Oracle9Dialect
#hibernate.dialect net.sf.hibernate.dialect.OracleDialect
#hibernate.connection.driver_class oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
#hibernate.connection.username ora
#hibernate.connection.password ora
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:test


## Sybase

#hibernate.dialect net.sf.hibernate.dialect.SybaseDialect
#hibernate.connection.driver_class com.sybase.jdbc2.jdbc.SybDriver
#hibernate.connection.username sa
#hibernate.connection.password sasasa
#hibernate.connection.rl jdbc:sybase:Tds:co3061835-a:5000/tempdb


## Mckoi SQL

#hibernate.dialect net.sf.hibernate.dialect.MckoiDialect
#hibernate.connection.driver_class com.mckoi.JDBCDriver
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:mckoi:///
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:mckoi:local://C:/mckoi1.00/db.conf
#hibernate.connection.username admin
#hibernate.connection.password nimda


## SAP DB

#hibernate.dialect net.sf.hibernate.dialect.SAPDBDialect
#hibernate.connection.driver_class com.sap.dbtech.jdbc.DriverSapDB
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:sapdb://localhost/TST
#hibernate.connection.username TEST
#hibernate.connection.password TEST
#hibernate.query.substitutions yes 'Y', no 'N'


## MS SQL Server

#hibernate.dialect net.sf.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect
#hibernate.connection.username sa
#hibernate.connection.password sa

## JSQL Driver
#hibernate.connection.driver_class com.jnetdirect.jsql.JSQLDriver
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:JSQLConnect://1E1/test

## JTURBO Driver
#hibernate.connection.driver_class com.newatlanta.jturbo.driver.Driver
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:JTurbo://1E1:1433/test

## WebLogic Driver
#hibernate.connection.driver_class weblogic.jdbc.mssqlserver4.Driver
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:weblogic:mssqlserver4:1E1:1433

## Microsoft Driver (not recommended!)
#hibernate.connection.driver_class com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://1E1;DatabaseName=test;SelectMethod=cursor

## jTDS (not supported!)
#hibernate.connection.driver_class net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://1E1/test;SelectMethod=cursor
#hibernate.jdbc.use_scrollable_resultset false

## Interbase

#hibernate.dialect net.sf.hibernate.dialect.InterbaseDialect
#hibernate.connection.username sysdba
#hibernate.connection.password masterkey

## DO NOT specify hibernate.connection.sqlDialect

## InterClient

#hibernate.connection.driver_class interbase.interclient.Driver
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:interbase://localhost:3060/C:/firebird/test.gdb

## Pure Java

#hibernate.connection.driver_class org.firebirdsql.jdbc.FBDriver
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:firebirdsql:localhost/3050:/firebird/test.gdb


## Pointbase

#hibernate.dialect net.sf.hibernate.dialect.PointbaseDialect
#hibernate.connection.driver_class com.pointbase.jdbc.jdbcUniversalDriver
#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:pointbase:embedded:sample
#hibernate.connection.username PBPUBLIC
#hibernate.connection.password PBPUBLIC



#################################
### Hibernate Connection Pool ###
#################################

hibernate.connection.pool_size 1



###########################
### C3P0 Connection Pool###
###########################

#hibernate.c3p0.max_size 2
#hibernate.c3p0.min_size 2
#hibernate.c3p0.timeout 5000
#hibernate.c3p0.max_statements 100
#hibernate.c3p0.idle_test_period 3000
#hibernate.c3p0.acquire_increment 2
##hibernate.c3p0.validate false



###################################
### Apache DBCP Connection Pool ###
###################################

## connection pool

#hibernate.dbcp.maxActive 100
#hibernate.dbcp.whenExhaustedAction 1
#hibernate.dbcp.maxWait 120000
#hibernate.dbcp.maxIdle 10

## prepared statement cache

#hibernate.dbcp.ps.maxActive 100
#hibernate.dbcp.ps.whenExhaustedAction 1
#hibernate.dbcp.ps.maxWait 120000
#hibernate.dbcp.ps.maxIdle 10

## optional query to validate pooled connections:

#hibernate.dbcp.validationQuery select 1 from dual
#hibernate.dbcp.testOnBorrow true
#hibernate.dbcp.testOnReturn false



##############################
### Proxool Connection Pool###
##############################

## Properties for external configuration of Proxool

hibernate.proxool.pool_alias pool1

## Only need one of the following

#hibernate.proxool.existing_pool true
#hibernate.proxool.xml proxool.xml
#hibernate.proxool.properties proxool.properties

## Or, alternatively, all of these
## Standard configuration properties of Proxool

#hibernate.proxool.house-keeping-sleep-time 30000
#hibernate.proxool.house-keeping-test-sql
#hibernate.proxool.maximum-connection-count 4
#hibernate.proxool.maximum-connection-lifetime 4
#hibernate.proxool.simultaneous-build-throttle 2
#hibernate.proxool.maximum-active-time 500
#hibernate.proxool.minimum-connection-count 2
#hibernate.proxool.fatal-sql-exception
#hibernate.proxool.prototype-count
#hibernate.proxool.statistics
#hibernate.proxool.recently-started-threshold
#hibernate.proxool.overload-without-refusal-lifetime



#################################
### Plugin ConnectionProvider ###
#################################

## use a custom ConnectionProvider (if not set, Hibernate will choose a built-in ConnectionProvider using hueristics)

#hibernate.connection.provider_class net.sf.hibernate.connection.DriverManagerConnectionProvider
#hibernate.connection.provider_class net.sf.hibernate.connection.DatasourceConnectionProvider
#hibernate.connection.provider_class net.sf.hibernate.connection.C3P0ConnectionProvider
#hibernate.connection.provider_class net.sf.hibernate.connection.DBCPConnectionProvider
#hibernate.connection.provider_class net.sf.hibernate.connection.ProxoolConnectionProvider



#######################
### Transaction API ###
#######################

## the Transaction API abstracts application code from the underlying JTA or JDBC transactions

#hibernate.transaction.factory_class net.sf.hibernate.transaction.JTATransactionFactory
#hibernate.transaction.factory_class net.sf.hibernate.transaction.JDBCTransactionFactory


## to use JTATransactionFactory, Hibernate must be able to locate the UserTransaction in JNDI
## default is java:comp/UserTransaction
## you do NOT need this setting if you specify hibernate.transaction.manager_lookup_class

#jta.UserTransaction jta/usertransaction
#jta.UserTransaction javax.transaction.UserTransaction
#jta.UserTransaction UserTransaction


## to use JCS caching with JTA, Hibernate must be able to obtain the JTA TransactionManager

#hibernate.transaction.manager_lookup_class net.sf.hibernate.transaction.JBossTransactionManagerLookup
#hibernate.transaction.manager_lookup_class net.sf.hibernate.transaction.WeblogicTransactionManagerLookup
#hibernate.transaction.manager_lookup_class net.sf.hibernate.transaction.WebSphereTransactionManagerLookup
#hibernate.transaction.manager_lookup_class net.sf.hibernate.transaction.OrionTransactionManagerLookup
#hibernate.transaction.manager_lookup_class net.sf.hibernate.transaction.ResinTransactionManagerLookup



##############################
### Miscellaneous Settings ###
##############################

## print all generated SQL to the console

hibernate.show_sql true


## auto schema export

#hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto create-drop
#hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto create
#hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto update


## specify a JDBC isolation level

#hibernate.connection.isolation 4


## set the JDBC fetch size

#hibernate.jdbc.fetch_size 25


## set the maximum JDBC 2 batch size (a nonzero value enables batching)

hibernate.jdbc.batch_size 0


## enable use of JDBC 2 scrollable ResultSets (specifying a Dialect will cause Hibernate to use a sensible default)

#hibernate.jdbc.use_scrollable_resultset true


## use streams when writing binary types to / from JDBC

hibernate.jdbc.use_streams_for_binary true


## use JDBC 3 PreparedStatement.getGeneratedKeys to get the identifier of an inserted row

#hibernate.jdbc.use_get_generated_keys true


## specify a default schema for unqualified tablenames

#hibernate.default_schema test


## use a custom stylesheet for XML generation (if not specified, hibernate-default.xslt will be used)

#hibernate.xml.output_stylesheet C:/Hibernate/net/sf/hibernate/hibernate-default.xslt


## enable outerjoin fetching (specifying a Dialect will cause Hibernate to use sensible default)

#hibernate.use_outer_join false


## set the maximum depth of the outer join fetch tree

hibernate.max_fetch_depth 1


## enable CGLIB reflection optimizer (enabled by default)

#hibernate.cglib.use_reflection_optimizer false



##########################
### Second-level Cache ###
##########################

## optimize chache for minimal "puts" instead of minimal "gets" (good for clustered cache)

#hibernate.cache.use_minimal_puts true


## enable the query cache

hibernate.cache.use_query_cache true


## choose a cache implementation

#hibernate.cache.provider_class net.sf.ehcache.hibernate.Provider
#hibernate.cache.provider_class net.sf.hibernate.cache.EmptyCacheProvider
hibernate.cache.provider_class net.sf.hibernate.cache.HashtableCacheProvider
#hibernate.cache.provider_class net.sf.hibernate.cache.TreeCacheProvider
#hibernate.cache.provider_class net.sf.hibernate.cache.OSCacheProvider
#hibernate.cache.provider_class net.sf.hibernate.cache.JCSCacheProvider
#hibernate.cache.provider_class net.sf.hibernate.cache.SwarmCacheProvider



############
### JNDI ###
############

## specify a JNDI name for the SessionFactory

#hibernate.session_factory_name hibernate/session_factory


## Hibernate uses JNDI to bind a name to a SessionFactory and to look up the JTA UserTransaction;
## if hibernate.jndi.* are not specified, Hibernate will use the default InitialContext() which
## is the best approach in an application server

#file system
#hibernate.jndi.class com.sun.jndi.fscontext.RefFSContextFactory
#hibernate.jndi.url file:/

#WebSphere
#hibernate.jndi.class com.ibm.websphere.naming.WsnInitialContextFactory
#hibernate.jndi.url iiop://localhost:900/