I cannot tell from either the manual nor the api exactly how Configure.configure() finds the mapping file(s).

When the code trys - in HibernateUtil - to configure, setting up to buildSessionFactory(), it craters at runtime with an ExceptionInInitializerError reporting in the details that it can't find my mapping file. The mapping file is located in two places: in the same directory (package) as the java source file and in the directory where the deployed class file resides. The application is deployed to tomcat.

I have tried several things to resolve this problem and have so far not found a solution.

Thanks for your help.

hibernate find hibernate.properties or hibernate.cfg.xml in your classpath

on tomcat it have to be in classes directory or any libraries in WEB-INF/lib

It finds hibernate.cfg.xml. It is the mapping file, in my case, ServiceProvider.hbm.xml that it does not find.

just make sure the path of ServiceProvider.hbm.xml is the classpath matches whatever you have set it to in hibernate.cfg.xml .

post this information if you still have problems.

it is same for mapping file - it have to be in classpath too

add package + maping file name in hibernate.cfg.xml, for example

<mapping resource="package/ServiceProvider.xml" />

and add package in classes or pack to jar file and save jar in WEB-INF/lib

Hi Dennis,

Are you suggesting that I can specify something like this in the hibernate.cfg.xml file:

certify.client.ServiceProvider.hbm.xml (no, surely that will not work)
... uh, maybe:
certify/client/ServiceProvider.hbm.xml

??

Presently, in the hibernate.cfg.xml it is simply:
<mapping resource="ServiceProvider.hbm.xml" />
... as the manual suggests.

I tried putting an import statment in the HibernateUtils file, specifying the package (directory) where it resides (certify.client.*;) That didn't work.

You know, if you would have posted your source and configuration in the first posting, you would have a solution by now. But making people guess doesn't work well.

oh boy, now you've made Christian mad.

<mapping resource="certify/client/ServiceProvider.hbm.xml" />

/WEB-INF/classes/certify/client/ServiceProvier.hbm.xml
/WEB-INF/classes/certify/client/ServiceProvier.class

... assuming this is a webapp.

Nah, just watching. If you guys want to chat about "it's the sunspots today!", go ahead :)

is it typeing error ServiceProvider and ServiceProvier

oops

Whahoo! 86 credits to Dennis. That solved that problem. I have another problem now but I need to see if I can solve this one myself before going back to the well.

Thank you, Dennis ... and for your patience.