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I am attempting to follow the Getting Started Roadmap which is at http://www.hibernate.org/152.html.

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What does "the example should run successfully" mean? The build command runs and there is some output to the console window ending with "BUILD SUCCESSFUL. Total time: 3 seconds". Is this what is supposed to happen?

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This implies that I have run the example already. Have I?

Basically, because there is nothing telling me what should happen, I have no idea whether it has happened.

I would very much appreciate any help.

The app will run on its own if you type "ant eg" or "build eg". If you don't get any errors, you're good to go. The application runs a bunch of statements on a temporary database, but you don't get any output until you do the "hibernate.show_sql=true" in hibernate.properties and run the sample again (ant eg or build eg).

You should follow the long tutorial at http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/v3/reference/en/html/tutorial.html to get a better feel for what's going on in the build process.[/quote]

Thanks, I can now see something happening. It falls over with an error message but I'll be able to track that down.

I still have a problem with knowing what the example is supposed to do. Is there anything written down anywhere? If not, then I have no real way of knowing when I've got it working correctly. Seems like a strange way to give an example.

It's helpful to go over the code, but you're right, there's no general overview as to what it's supposed to do. It seems to be an auction-type application that tracks auctions, bids, bidders and sellers. The schema is set up in-memory on the fly so the data is reset between runs, but you can inspect the classes to see how they're stored. Test data is set up through createTestAuctions (in Main.java), then a bid is placed on an auction, results are displayed, a user is updated, and further auctions are displayed.

I think the main purpose of the example is to make sure your environment is set up correctly to help clear up many of the problems people have when they first get started. Chances are good that if the example runs correctly then you should have no problems setting up the environment for your own projects.