Hi hibernators,

I am about to create a servlet that uses Hibernate via the helper class "HibernateUtil" and I am confused about exactly how I am supposed to initialize the HibernateUtil class so it creates the session factory and then how to make use of it. I have searched quite a bit for an example and I always come up with nothing. I am referring to the HibernateUtil class as defined here: http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/refer ... start.html

If someone could post a link to a good example of how to make use of this (full code, not just what's in between opensession and closesession) I would be very appreciative! Thanks!
-Eric

Try looking for xPetstore , they have Servlet example using Hibernate

http://xpetstore.sourceforge.net/

Thanks for the tip. I checked it out, but it seems like a complex example. I'm surprised that I couldn't find any easy examples. I come across lots of examples that use frameworks like struts, but nothing that is just plain old servlets with hibernate. Is this because very few people do things this way?
-E

I have a (very) simple application here consisting of a controller servlet, a few jsps for the View and a few POJOs:
www.purplemachine.de/downloads/csm/hibernateSample.zip

It was only my second hibernate application, but maybe this will help you.

Best regards,

Thorsten

The HibernateUtil class uses a very simple and effective static initializer block to do the SessionFactory init. Try Google for "java static initializer".

Thanks for all your help! I've gotten things rolling.
-E