Hibernate version:3.0 alpha

I have a database with 130 tables and I have mapped the tables via 130 distinct hdb.xml files. In V2.16 the configuration file was taking about 15 sec to load, but in 3.0 alpha it is now taking over 4 minutes. Is there anyway I can improve the loading time?

Thanks,

John.

A common mistake would be to use the old DTD (which is still mostly valid for the alpha) in your XML mapping files. If you have hibernate3.jar in your classpath and the old DTD declaration in your mapping files you'll get network lookups for DTD validation.