// The hibernateResource string is the JNDIName attribute you specifed
    // in the MBean descriptor

    private static String hibernateResource = "java:/HibernateFactory";
    private static SessionFactory factory = null;

    // In a session bean...

    public void ejbCreate() throws CreateException {
        if (factory == null) {
            try {
                Context jndiContext = new InitialContext();
                factory = (SessionFactory) jndiContext.lookup(hibernateResource);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                throw new CreateException(e.getMessage());
            }
        }
    }

    // A method accessing Hibernate in the session bean

    public String getValidUser(String username) {
        Session aSession = null;

        try {
            aSession = factory.openSession();

            return UserService.getUser(aSession, username);

        } catch (Throwable t) {
            log.error("getUser: caught exception", t);
        } finally {
            if (aSession != null)  {
                try {
                    aSession.flush();
                    aSession.close();
                } catch (HibernateException he) {
                    log.error("Abort: HibernateException on close", he);
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    public String getValidUser(String username) {

        Session session = null;
        Transaction tx = null;

        try {
            session = factory.openSession();
            tx = session.beginTransaction();

            // Do Hibernate work

            tx.commit();
        }
        catch (Throwable e) {
            if ( tx != null ) {
                try {
                    tx.rollback();
                } catch (Exception ex) {
                    logger.logError("Exception rolling back", ex);
                }
            }

            if ( session != null && session.isOpen() )  {
                try {               
                    session.close();
                } catch (HibernateException he) {
                    logger.logError("Hibernate Exception closing session", he);
                }
            }
            throw new PipelineException("Error processing indexes", e);
        }
        finally {
            if ( session != null && session.isConnected() ) {
                try {
                    session.close();   
                } catch (HibernateException he) {
                    logger.logError("Abort: HibernateException on close",
                                    he);
                }
            }
        }
       
    }

[net.sf.hibernate.jmx.HibernateServiceMBean] starting service at JNDI name: java:/GWHibernateFactory
[net.sf.hibernate.jmx.HibernateServiceMBean] service properties: {
  hibernate.transaction.manager_lookup_class=net.sf.hibernate.transaction.JBossTransactionManagerLookup,
  hibernate.cache.provider_class=net.sf.ehcache.hibernate.Provider,
  hibernate.dialect=net.sf.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect,
  hibernate.use_outer_join=true,
  hibernate.session_factory_name=java:/GWHibernateFactory,
  hibernate.connection.datasource=java:/galenworksDS,
  jta.UserTransaction=UserTransaction,
  hibernate.show_sql=false,
  hibernate.transaction.factory_class=net.sf.hibernate.transaction.JTATransactionFactory}
[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Environment] Hibernate 2.1 final
[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Environment] hibernate.properties not found
[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Environment] using CGLIB reflection optimizer

Lots of:

[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] Mapping resource: com/galenworks/procedurelink/hibernate/UserDistribution.hbm.xml
[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Binder] Mapping class: com.galenworks.procedurelink.hibernate.UserDistribution -> UserDistribution

[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Binder] Mapping collection: com.galenworks.jetspeed.hibernate.User.roles -> turbine_user_group_role

[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] processing one-to-many association mappings

Lots of:

[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Binder] Mapping collection: com.galenworks.jetspeed.hibernate.User.activeAlerts -> UserDistribution

[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] processing one-to-one association property references
[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] processing foreign key constraints
[net.sf.hibernate.dialect.Dialect] Using dialect: net.sf.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory] Use outer join fetching: true
[net.sf.hibernate.util.NamingHelper] JNDI InitialContext properties:{}
[net.sf.hibernate.connection.DatasourceConnectionProvider] Using datasource: java:/galenworksDS
[net.sf.hibernate.transaction.TransactionFactoryFactory] Transaction strategy: net.sf.hibernate.transaction.JTATransactionFactory
[net.sf.hibernate.util.NamingHelper] JNDI InitialContext properties:{}
[net.sf.hibernate.transaction.TransactionManagerLookupFactory] instantiating TransactionManagerLookup: net.sf.hibernate.transaction.JBossTransactionManagerLookup
[net.sf.hibernate.transaction.TransactionManagerLookupFactory] instantiated TransactionManagerLookup
[net.sf.hibernate.util.NamingHelper] JNDI InitialContext properties:{}
[net.sf.hibernate.transaction.TransactionManagerLookupFactory] instantiating TransactionManagerLookup: net.sf.hibernate.transaction.JBossTransactionManagerLookup
[net.sf.hibernate.transaction.TransactionManagerLookupFactory] instantiated TransactionManagerLookup
[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory] Use scrollable result sets: true
[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory] JDBC 2 max batch size: 15
[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory] Query language substitutions: {}
[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory] cache provider: net.sf.ehcache.hibernate.Provider
[net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration] instantiating and configuring caches
[net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionFactoryImpl] building session factory

This next line is  OK:

[net.sf.hibernate.util.ReflectHelper] reflection optimizer disabled for: com.galenworks.procedurelink.hibernate.Document, NullPointerException: null

[net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionFactoryObjectFactory] Factory name: java:/GWHibernateFactory
[net.sf.hibernate.util.NamingHelper] JNDI InitialContext properties:{}
[net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionFactoryObjectFactory] Bound factory to JNDI name: java:/GWHibernateFactory
[net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionFactoryObjectFactory] InitialContext did not implement EventContext
[net.sf.hibernate.util.NamingHelper] JNDI InitialContext properties:{}