Is there any way to read hibernate.cfg.xml file using code? the project I am working on requires the file to be outside the jar file.

I should be more specific about the issue, here it goes:

the deployment environment of my current hibernate based project requires all configuration files to be in a separated dir which is outside the jar file. so I need to separate hibernate.cfg.xml from other xml files used for mapping. any idea how to achieve this?
Thanks in advance!

Are you talking about needing something different than this?