Hibernate version: 3.0.5

Mapping documents: 3.0

Code between sessionFactory.openSession() and session.close():
I am using the Spring Framework for all this. HibernateDaoSupport

Full stack trace of any exception that occurs:
09:50:29,876 INFO [SettingsFactory] Automatic flush during beforeCompletion(): disabled
09:50:29,876 INFO [SettingsFactory] Automatic session close at end of transaction: disabled
09:50:29,876 INFO [SettingsFactory] Second-level cache: enabled
09:50:29,876 INFO [SettingsFactory] Query cache: disabled
09:50:29,876 INFO [SettingsFactory] Cache provider: org.hibernate.cache.EhCacheProvider
09:50:29,876 INFO [SettingsFactory] Optimize cache for minimal puts: disabled
09:50:29,876 INFO [SettingsFactory] Structured second-level cache entries: enabled
09:50:29,876 INFO [SettingsFactory] Echoing all SQL to stdout
09:50:29,876 INFO [SettingsFactory] Statistics: disabled
09:50:29,876 INFO [SettingsFactory] Deleted entity synthetic identifier rollback: disabled
09:50:29,876 INFO [SettingsFactory] Default entity-mode: pojo
09:50:29,892 INFO [SessionFactoryImpl] building session factory
09:50:29,892 WARN [Configurator] No configuration found. Configuring ehcache from ehcache-failsafe.xml found in the classpath: null
09:50:29,892 INFO [DefaultListableBeanFactory] Destroying singletons in factory {org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFa
ctory defining beans [consumerDAO,consumerManager,jdbcPropertyConfigurer,dataSource,sessionFactory,transactionManager,consumerTrxDAO,consumerUdbM
anager,consumer]; root of BeanFactory hierarchy}
09:50:29,892 ERROR [ContextLoader] Context initialization failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'consumerDAO' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF
/applicationContext-hibernate.xml]: Can't resolve reference to bean 'sessionFactory' while setting property 'sessionFactory'; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB
-INF/applicationContext-hibernate.xml]: Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is org.hibernate.cache.CacheException: net.sf.ehcache.Cac
heException: Cannot configure CacheManager: null
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-
INF/applicationContext-hibernate.xml]: Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is org.hibernate.cache.CacheException: net.sf.ehcache.Cach
eException: Cannot configure CacheManager: null
org.hibernate.cache.CacheException: net.sf.ehcache.CacheException: Cannot configure CacheManager: null
at org.hibernate.cache.EhCacheProvider.start(EhCacheProvider.java:127)
at org.hibernate.impl.SessionFactoryImpl.<init>(SessionFactoryImpl.java:167)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1055)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.newSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:746)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:673)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java
:962)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:354)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:223)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:147)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:176)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:105)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.ja
va:916)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:727)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:336)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:223)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:147)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:277)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:312)
at org.springframework.web.context.support.AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.java
:134)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:230)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:156)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:48)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3669)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.commons.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:503)
at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:150)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.init(StandardContext.java:5005)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.commons.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:503)
at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:150)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.TomcatDeployer.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployer.java:274)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.TomcatDeployer.performDeploy(TomcatDeployer.java:91)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebDeployer.start(AbstractWebDeployer.java:357)
at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:68)
at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startService(WebModule.java:46)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:272)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:222)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor89.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:249)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:897)
at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:418)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor10.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:249)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:177)
at $Proxy28.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.start(AbstractWebContainer.java:394)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:964)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:956)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:775)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:738)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor49.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:121)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:127)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:249)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:177)
at $Proxy8.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:325)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:483)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:204)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:215)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:194)
Caused by: net.sf.ehcache.CacheException: Cannot configure CacheManager: null
at net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager.configure(CacheManager.java:170)
at net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager.<init>(CacheManager.java:138)
at net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager.create(CacheManager.java:193)
at org.hibernate.cache.EhCacheProvider.start(EhCacheProvider.java:124)
... 92 more

All I want is to be able to hot-deploy in my local dev environment without having to bounce the server each time.

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