Thanks for the reply.Do let me knwo if I am dng somethign horrendously wrong.This is my first experience with hibernate:)and I have had really v little time to learn:)
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC 
	"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 3.0//EN"
	"http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-mapping>
		
	<!--CONNOTE-->
	
	
	<class
      name="au.com.xbnet.document.connotes.datatypes.ConNote" 
      table="testing_connote" lazy="true">
      <id
         name="conNoteRef"
         type="string"
         column="connote_ref" >
         <generator class="assigned"/>
      </id>
   
      <many-to-one name="serviceType" class="au.com.xbnet.document.connotes.datatypes.ServiceVO" column="service_id" 
         unique="true" cascade="all"  />
      
      <many-to-one name="statusId" class="au.com.xbnet.document.connotes.datatypes.StatusTypesVO" column="status_id" 
         unique="true" cascade="all"  />
         
      <many-to-one name="packingId" class="au.com.xbnet.document.connotes.datatypes.PackingVO" column="packing_id" 
         unique="true" cascade="all"  />   
       
      <many-to-one name="paymentMethod" class="au.com.xbnet.document.connotes.datatypes.PaymentVO" column="payment_method_id" 
         unique="true" cascade="all"  />    
       <many-to-one name="userId" class="au.com.xbnet.admin.datatypes.UserVO" column="user_id" 
                unique="true" cascade="all"  />
            
       <many-to-one name="originId" class="au.com.xbnet.admin.datatypes.PortVO" column="origin_id" 
                unique="true" cascade="all"  />
             
        <many-to-one name="destinationId" class="au.com.xbnet.admin.datatypes.PortVO" column="destination_id" 
                unique="true" cascade="all"  />
         
        
           
        <set  name="items" table="testconnote_item" lazy="false">		
        <key column="connote_ref" />
       <one-to-many class="au.com.xbnet.document.connotes.datatypes.ConItemVO" /> 
        </set>
        
        <set  name="manifestItems" table="test_manifest_item" lazy="false">		
        <key column="connote_ref" />
       <one-to-many class="au.com.xbnet.document.manifest.datatypes.ManifestItemVO" /> 
        </set>
       
       <set  name="charges" table="fms_connote_charges" lazy="false">		
        <key column="connote_ref" />
               <one-to-many class="au.com.xbnet.rates.datatypes.ConNoteCharges" /> 
        </set>
      <property
         name="conNoteCreation"
         column="connote_date"
         type="java.sql.Timestamp"
         not-null="false"
          />
      <property
         name="conNoteDispatch"
         column="dispatch_date"
         type="java.sql.Timestamp"
         not-null="false"
          />
      <property
         name="chargeTo"
         column="charge_to"
         type="integer"
         not-null="false"
          />
       <property
         name="isHandRated"
         column="is_handrated"
         type="boolean"
         not-null="false"
          />
       <property
         name="isDangerous"
         column="is_dangerous"
         type="boolean"
         not-null="false"
          />   
       <property
         name="additionalInstructions"
         column="instructions"
         type="string"
         not-null="false"
          />   
          
        <property
         name="notes"
         column="notes"
         type="string"
         not-null="false"
          />     
          </class>
          
	
</hibernate-mapping>
Hibernate.cfg.xml mapping
<mapping resource="au/com/xbnet/document/connotes/services/connotehiber/ConNote.hbm.xml"/>   
	
Stack trace of jboss where it maps for all other jsps
2005-11-17 16:19:56,120 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] null<-org.dom4j.tree.DefaultAttribute@f3e133 [Attribute: name resource value "au/com/xbnet/document/connotes/services/connotehiber/ConNote.hbm.xml"]
2005-11-17 16:19:56,120 INFO  [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] Reading mappings from resource: au/com/xbnet/document/connotes/services/connotehiber/ConNote.hbm.xml
2005-11-17 16:19:56,120 DEBUG [org.hibernate.util.DTDEntityResolver] trying to locate 
http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibern ... ng-3.0.dtd in classpath under org/hibernate/
2005-11-17 16:19:56,120 DEBUG [org.hibernate.util.DTDEntityResolver] found 
http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibern ... ng-3.0.dtd in classpath
2005-11-17 16:19:56,261 INFO  [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapping class: au.com.xbnet.document.connotes.datatypes.ConNote -> testing_connote
2005-11-17 16:19:56,276 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: conNoteRef -> connote_ref
2005-11-17 16:19:56,448 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: serviceType -> service_id
2005-11-17 16:19:56,448 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: statusId -> status_id
2005-11-17 16:19:56,448 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: packingId -> packing_id
2005-11-17 16:19:56,448 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: paymentMethod -> payment_method_id
2005-11-17 16:19:56,448 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: userId -> user_id
2005-11-17 16:19:56,448 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: originId -> origin_id
2005-11-17 16:19:56,448 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: destinationId -> destination_id
2005-11-17 16:19:56,464 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: items
2005-11-17 16:19:56,464 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: manifestItems
2005-11-17 16:19:56,464 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: charges
2005-11-17 16:19:56,464 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: conNoteCreation -> connote_date
2005-11-17 16:19:56,464 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: conNoteDispatch -> dispatch_date
2005-11-17 16:19:56,464 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: chargeTo -> charge_to
2005-11-17 16:19:56,464 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: isHandRated -> is_handrated
2005-11-17 16:19:56,464 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: isDangerous -> is_dangerous
2005-11-17 16:19:56,464 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: additionalInstructions -> instructions
2005-11-17 16:19:56,464 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder] Mapped property: notes -> notes
Stack trace for this particular jsp
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 INFO  [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] Configuration resource: WEB-INF/hibernate.xml
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.util.DTDEntityResolver] trying to locate 
http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibern ... on-3.0.dtd in classpath under org/hibernate/
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.util.DTDEntityResolver] trying to locate 
http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibern ... on-3.0.dtd in classpath under org/hibernate/
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.util.DTDEntityResolver] found 
http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibern ... on-3.0.dtd in classpath
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.util.DTDEntityResolver] found 
http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibern ... on-3.0.dtd in classpath
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] connection.driver_class=org.postgresql.Driver
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] connection.url=jdbc:postgresql://linux:5432/fmsdb
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] connection.username=postgres
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] connection.password=
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] connection.pool_size=1
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] connection.driver_class=org.postgresql.Driver
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] connection.url=jdbc:postgresql://linux:5432/fmsdb
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] show_sql=true
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] connection.username=postgres
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] hibernate.jdbc.batch_size=30
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] connection.password=
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] connection.pool_size=1
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] show_sql=true
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] null<-org.dom4j.tree.DefaultAttribute@16068c9 [Attribute: name resource value "au/com/xbnet/document/connotes/services/connotehiber/ConNote.hbm.xml"]
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] hibernate.jdbc.batch_size=30
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 INFO  [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] Reading mappings from resource: au/com/xbnet/document/connotes/services/connotehiber/ConNote.hbm.xml
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] null<-org.dom4j.tree.DefaultAttribute@7f7957 [Attribute: name resource value "au/com/xbnet/document/connotes/services/connotehiber/ConNote.hbm.xml"]
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 INFO  [org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] Reading mappings from resource: au/com/xbnet/document/connotes/services/connotehiber/ConNote.hbm.xml
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 INFO  [STDOUT] error----org.hibernate.MappingException: Could not read mappings from resource: au/com/xbnet/document/connotes/services/connotehiber/ConNote.hbm.xml
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.util.DTDEntityResolver] trying to locate 
http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibern ... ng-3.0.dtd in classpath under org/hibernate/
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 INFO  [STDOUT] ***** Error Creating SessionFactory *****
2005-11-17 16:24:09,051 DEBUG [org.hibernate.util.DTDEntityResolver] found 
http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibern ... ng-3.0.dtd in classpath
2005-11-17 16:24:09,067 INFO  [STDOUT] org.hibernate.MappingException: Could not read mappings from resource: au/com/xbnet/document/connotes/services/connotehiber/ConNote.hbm.xml
	at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.addResource(Configuration.java:472)
	at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.parseMappingElement(Configuration.java:1396)
	at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.parseSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1364)
	at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.doConfigure(Configuration.java:1345)
	at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.doConfigure(Configuration.java:1321)
	at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.configure(Configuration.java:1241)
	at au.com.xbnet.utils.HibernateUtils.currentSession(HibernateUtils.java:49)
	at au.com.xbnet.document.connotes.services.connotehiber.ConNoteHelper.<init>(ConNoteHelper.java:49)
	at au.com.xbnet.document.connotes.services.connotemanager.ConNoteManager
Thanks
priya