I am trying the example on Hibernate in Action and am getting parsing errors when I let Weblogic 8.1 access it thru a startup class. I cannot find solutions on google or forums.

Hibernate version: 3.0

The Error is:
13:15:13,800 INFO Configuration:1081 - Configuration resource: /hibernate.cfg.x
ml
13:15:13,847 DEBUG DTDEntityResolver:42 - trying to locate http://hibernate.sour
ceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd in classpath under org/hibernate/
13:15:13,847 DEBUG DTDEntityResolver:53 - found http://hibernate.sourceforge.net
/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd in classpath
13:15:13,894 ERROR XMLHelper:59 - Error parsing XML: /hibernate.cfg.xml(22) The
content of element type "hibernate-configuration" must match "(session-factory,s
ecurity?)".
13:15:13,894 ERROR Configuration:1172 - problem parsing configuration/hibernate.
cfg.xml
org.hibernate.MappingException: invalid configuration
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.doConfigure(Configuration.java:1169)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.configure(Configuration.java:1112)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.configure(Configuration.java:1098)
at com.util.common.WLSStartup.doBind(WLSStartup.java:53)
at com.util.common.WLSStartup.startup(WLSStartup.java:27)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupClassService.invokeStartup(StartupClassServic
e.java:177)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupClassService.invokeClass(StartupClassService.
java:158)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupClassService.access$000(StartupClassService.j
ava:36)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupClassService$1.run(StartupClassService.java:1
21)
at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(Authenticate
dSubject.java:321)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:
121)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupClassService.invokeStartupClass(StartupClassS
ervice.java:116)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupClassService.addDeployment(StartupClassServic
e.java:88)
at weblogic.management.mbeans.custom.DeploymentTarget.addDeployment(Depl
oymentTarget.java:337)
at weblogic.management.mbeans.custom.DeploymentTarget.addDeployments(Dep
loymentTarget.java:597)
at weblogic.management.mbeans.custom.DeploymentTarget.updateServerDeploy
ments(DeploymentTarget.java:575)
at weblogic.management.mbeans.custom.DeploymentTarget.updateDeployments(
DeploymentTarget.java:241)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at weblogic.management.internal.DynamicMBeanImpl.invokeLocally(DynamicMB
eanImpl.java:754)
at weblogic.management.internal.DynamicMBeanImpl.invoke(DynamicMBeanImpl
.java:733)
at weblogic.management.internal.ConfigurationMBeanImpl.invoke(Configurat
ionMBeanImpl.java:509)
at com.sun.management.jmx.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:15
60)
at com.sun.management.jmx.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:15
28)
at weblogic.management.internal.RemoteMBeanServerImpl.private_invoke(Rem
oteMBeanServerImpl.java:988)
at weblogic.management.internal.RemoteMBeanServerImpl.invoke(RemoteMBean
ServerImpl.java:946)
at weblogic.management.internal.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:954)
at weblogic.management.internal.MBeanProxy.invokeForCachingStub(MBeanPro
xy.java:481)
at weblogic.management.configuration.ServerMBean_Stub.updateDeployments(
ServerMBean_Stub.java:7691)
at weblogic.management.deploy.slave.SlaveDeployer.updateServerDeployment
s(SlaveDeployer.java:1304)
at weblogic.management.deploy.slave.SlaveDeployer.resume(SlaveDeployer.j
ava:347)
at weblogic.management.deploy.DeploymentManagerServerLifeCycleImpl.resum
e(DeploymentManagerServerLifeCycleImpl.java:229)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.SubsystemManager.resume(SubsystemManager.java:131)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.resume(T3Srvr.java:966)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:361)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The content of element type "hibernate
-configuration" must match "(session-factory,security?)".
at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(Un
known Source)
at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.error(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.handleEndElement(Unknown S
ource)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endElement(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknow
n Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContent
Dispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Un
known Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.dom4j.io.SAXReader.read(SAXReader.java:465)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.doConfigure(Configuration.java:1168)
... 37 more
startup -- Exception while binding Hibernate Object to Weblogic JNDI
org.hibernate.HibernateException: problem parsing configuration/hibernate.cfg.xm
l
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.doConfigure(Configuration.java:1173)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.configure(Configuration.java:1112)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.configure(Configuration.java:1098)
at com.util.common.WLSStartup.doBind(WLSStartup.java:53)
at com.util.common.WLSStartup.startup(WLSStartup.java:27)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupClassService.invokeStartup(StartupClassServic
e.java:177)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupClassService.invokeClass(StartupClassService.
java:158)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupClassService.access$000(StartupClassService.j
ava:36)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupClassService$1.run(StartupClassService.java:1
21)
at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(Authenticate
dSubject.java:321)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:
121)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupClassService.invokeStartupClass(StartupClassS
ervice.java:116)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupClassService.addDeployment(StartupClassServic
e.java:88)
at weblogic.management.mbeans.custom.DeploymentTarget.addDeployment(Depl
oymentTarget.java:337)
at weblogic.management.mbeans.custom.DeploymentTarget.addDeployments(Dep
loymentTarget.java:597)
at weblogic.management.mbeans.custom.DeploymentTarget.updateServerDeploy
ments(DeploymentTarget.java:575)
at weblogic.management.mbeans.custom.DeploymentTarget.updateDeployments(
DeploymentTarget.java:241)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at weblogic.management.internal.DynamicMBeanImpl.invokeLocally(DynamicMB
eanImpl.java:754)
at weblogic.management.internal.DynamicMBeanImpl.invoke(DynamicMBeanImpl
.java:733)
at weblogic.management.internal.ConfigurationMBeanImpl.invoke(Configurat
ionMBeanImpl.java:509)
at com.sun.management.jmx.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:15
60)
at com.sun.management.jmx.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:15
28)
at weblogic.management.internal.RemoteMBeanServerImpl.private_invoke(Rem
oteMBeanServerImpl.java:988)
at weblogic.management.internal.RemoteMBeanServerImpl.invoke(RemoteMBean
ServerImpl.java:946)
at weblogic.management.internal.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:954)
at weblogic.management.internal.MBeanProxy.invokeForCachingStub(MBeanPro
xy.java:481)
at weblogic.management.configuration.ServerMBean_Stub.updateDeployments(
ServerMBean_Stub.java:7691)
at weblogic.management.deploy.slave.SlaveDeployer.updateServerDeployment
s(SlaveDeployer.java:1304)
at weblogic.management.deploy.slave.SlaveDeployer.resume(SlaveDeployer.j
ava:347)
at weblogic.management.deploy.DeploymentManagerServerLifeCycleImpl.resum
e(DeploymentManagerServerLifeCycleImpl.java:229)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.SubsystemManager.resume(SubsystemManager.java:131)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.resume(T3Srvr.java:966)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:361)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
Caused by: org.hibernate.MappingException: invalid configuration
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.doConfigure(Configuration.java:1169)
... 37 more
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The content of element type "hibernate
-configuration" must match "(session-factory,security?)".
at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(Un
known Source)
at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.error(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.handleEndElement(Unknown S
ource)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endElement(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknow
n Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContent
Dispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Un
known Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.dom4j.io.SAXReader.read(SAXReader.java:465)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.doConfigure(Configuration.java:1168)
... 37 more
initialContextFactory==>weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory
providerURL==>t3://localhost

hibernate.cfg.xml
-----------------------
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC
"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD//EN"
"http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">

<hibernate-configuration>
<session-factory>

<!-- Don't forget to copy your JDBC driver to the lib/ directory! -->
<!-- Settings for a remote Oracle9/10g database.-->
<property name="dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle9Dialect</property>
<property name="connection.driver_class">oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</property>
<property name="connection.url">jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:mitsh</property>
<property name="connection.username">mitsh</property>
<property name="connection.password">mitsh</property>


<!-- Print SQL to stdout. -->
<property name="show_sql">true</property>

<mapping resource="ll/sh/monitor/EmpLogin.hbm.xml"/>

</session-factory>

</hibernate-configuration>


Startup class logic is:
----------------------------
org.hibernate.SessionFactory ssn = new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();

My guess is that the copy of hibernate.cfg.xml that you're looking at isn't the same as the one that exists on your classpath. Open up your EAR/WAR file and make sure that the file is correct in there.

You are so awesome....You were correct
Thanks!!!!