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Hibernate version:3.3.1

The Hibernate 3.3 core distribution contains the following libraries:
hibernate-distribution-3.3.1.GA\lib
bytecode\cglib
bytecode\javassist
optional\c3p0
optional\ehcache
optional\jbosscache
optional\jbosscache2
optional\oscache
optional\proxool
optional\swarmcache
required\antlr-2.7.6.jar
required\commons-collections-3.1.jar
required\dom4j-1.6.1.jar
required\javassist-3.4.GA.jar
required\jta-1.1.jar
required\slf4j-api-1.5.2.jar

I think I must include required\*.jar into my classpath, but how do I choose the libraries in bytecode and optional directories?

What are the minimal libraries to run Hibernate?

The minimal set of jar to run a hibernate using application are:

antlr-2.7.6.jar
cglib-2.2.jar
commons-collections-3.1.jar
dom4j-1.6.1.jar
hibernate3.jar
javassist-3.4.GA.jar
jta-1.1.jar
log4j-1.2.15.jar
slf4j-api-1.4.2.jar
slf4j-log4j12-1.5.2.jar
JDBC Driver jar

Hi littypreethkr

Thank you, so the minimal dependency is really the JARs from
lib\required\*.jar
lib\bytecode\cglib\*.jar and
lib\bytecode\javassist\*.jar


Do you know if there is any document describing the dependencies?
I failed to find this from Google ...

Also, I'm confused when the same Javassist is found in two directories:
lib\required\javassist-3.4.GA.jar
lib\bytecode\javassist\javassist-3.4.GA.jar


Thank you!

I dont really remember how I figured out this list, I think it was through trial n error.