I am using a config file and no EJB etc
Castor works for me but not Hibernate I'd like to use hibernate cause of the rich feature set.

Exception


et.sf.hibernate.MappingException: Error reading resource: test/mapping.xml
at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.addResource(Configuration.java:292)
at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.configure(Configuration.java:933)
at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.configure(Configuration.java:885)
at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.configure(Configuration.java:823)
at test.Test.doCreateOrGetHibernate(Test.java:83)
at test.Test.testhibernateJDO(Test.java:64)
at test.Test.main(Test.java:21)
Caused by: net.sf.hibernate.MappingException: duplicate import: Products
at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Mappings.addImport(Mappings.java:68)
at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Binder.bindClass(Binder.java:120)
at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Binder.bindRootClass(Binder.java:184)
at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Binder.bindRoot(Binder.java:1146)
at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.add(Configuration.java:243)
at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.addInputStream(Configuration.java:266)
at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.addResource(Configuration.java:289)
... 6 more
New Null Objec



Configuration cf = new Configuration();
cf.configure("/test.cfg.xml");
//never goes past above line

SessionFactory sf = cf.buildSessionFactory();


Configuration file:
<hibernate-configuration>

<session-factory>

<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:mysql://nyeqegen1lxp02.lehman.com:3306/infra?autoReconnect=true</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.username">root</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.password">lehman</property>
<property name="show_sql">false</property>
<property name="dialect">net.sf.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect</property>

<!-- Mapping files -->
<mapping resource="test/mapping.xml"/>

</session-factory>

</hibernate-configuration>




Mapping FIle:
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC
"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 2.0//EN"
"http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-mapping-2.0.dtd">

<hibernate-mapping>
<class
name="test.Products"
table="NAMES"
dynamic-update="false"
dynamic-insert="false"
>

<id
name="symbol"
column="NAME"
type="String"
length=""
unsaved-value="null"
>
<generator class="">
</generator>
</id>

<property
name="exchange"
type="String"
update="true"
insert="true"
column="EXCHANGE"
not-null="false"
unique="false"
/>

<property
name="blade"
type="String"
update="true"
insert="true"
column="BLADE"
not-null="false"
unique="false"
/>

<property
name="bin"
type="int"
update="true"
insert="true"
column="BIN"
not-null="false"
unique="false"
/>

<property
name="interface"
type="String"
update="true"
insert="true"
column="INTERFACE"
not-null="false"
unique="false"
/>

<property
name="region"
type="String"
update="true"
insert="true"
column="REGION"
not-null="false"
unique="false"
/>

<property
name="binmachine"
type="String"
update="true"
insert="true"
column="BINMACHINE"
not-null="false"
unique="false"
/>


</class>

</hibernate-mapping>

Have a look at the tools workshop as this shows directory structures and various xml configuration files which should provide enough information for you. Its in the example http://hibernate.bluemars.net/159.html

Thanks I had syntax errors in the mapping file.

Its throwing a misleading exception thats the problem.

Its going ot be addressed once I set up a JIRA or something...