2.1.6:
MS SQL Server 2000:

I am trying to implement the Open Session in View Pattern, and am having trouble instantiating the session factory. I am currently using the built-in Bean Factory, but don't think that will work. Am I correct in assuming that I will need to create my own ObjectFactory in order to create sessionFactories in Tomcat?

Thanks.

Read the documentation about "using your own JNDI InitialContext", download the Sun Filesystem JNDI context. Don't try anything else, all other ways will lead you into classloader hell.

If you are looking for a simple way to manage your SessionFactory, copy the HibernateUtil class from chapter 1 of the documentation.