Hi,

I get the following exception when I try to setup Hibernate
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration

I assume this is because it cannot find hibernate.cfg.xml.

I tried placing it in the root folder and even in the folder where HibernateUtil resides.

**********HibernateUtil**********
package persistance;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
public class HibernateUtil {
private static final SessionFactory sessionFactory;
static {
sessionFactory = new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();
}
public static SessionFactory getSessionFactory() {
return sessionFactory;
}
}
*****************************

The project structure is
>PROJECT
>>BUSINESS
>>DAO
>>>src
>>>>persistance
>>>>>HibernateUtil
>>>hibernate.cfg.xml
>>PROJECT
>>deployment.xml
>>PROJECTWeb
>>>WebContent
>>>>WEB-INF
>>>>>lib
>>>>>>hibernate3.jar

Where did my configuration go wrong ?

Hey thanks for the quick response...

Well, it is in the lib folder so that would meet that it is also in the classpath. Do I need any other jars.

In the meanwhile, I'll try downloading the jar again.

Is that lib folder is added to your Build Path in Eclipse? because as you said, it is throwing ClassNotFoundException, at Configuration so, that Class is available in that Jar file only, so, your are missing at configuring that.
IF you are sure about the Jar file then, pic the hibernate.cfg.xml file from src/ folder and put it in persistance/ as HibnerateUtil exist there..And try..

Well, it has to be in the class path otherwise the imports.

[code]
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
[/code]

would have displayed a compilation error.

Also, I tried placed the hibernate.cfg.xml at all possible locations in the folder structure but it does not seem to work. Is it because something in my RAD7.0/struts 2.0 environment is preventing the configuration file from being picked up.

Hey,
Try this, if you think valid. There is a way we can run appl with out hibernate.cfg.xml, by callling addProperties(Properties p) object on configuration object, and adding Mapping resources using addResource("....hbm.xml") and try to execute your app. (refer Doc for further info.).
OR
give, full path of "hibernate.cfg.xml" as parameter to .configure() method, and try.