Configuration file from jar, but not hibernate.cfg.xml

ml · **Joined:** Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:12 pm **Posts:** 55

Hi,

Sorry if this is an RTFM, but it wasn't clear to me from the javadoc for org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration...

I need to read configuration properties from an XML file on the classpath, (in a jar), but a different file than hibernate.cfg.xml. Is there a way to do that?

Thanks,
Mark

Basilio · **Posted:** Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:49 pm

ml wrote:

Hi,

Sorry if this is an RTFM, but it wasn't clear to me from the javadoc for org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration...

I need to read configuration properties from an XML file on the classpath, (in a jar), but a different file than hibernate.cfg.xml. Is there a way to do that?

Thanks,
Mark

Here is your solution:

Code:

            Configuration config = new Configuration();
               
            URL confFile = this.getClass().getResource(configFile);
            config = config.configure(confFile);

Basilio · **Posted:** Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:50 pm

It needs to be in your class path

matt_mcgill · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:18 pm **Posts:** 44

I'm doing the same thing. Looks something like this:

Code:

      Configuration bannerConfig = new Configuration();
      SessionFactory sessionFactory;
      sessionFactory = bannerConfig.configure("/hibernate-banner.cfg.xml").buildSessionFactory();

minus the exception handling, of course. The file is, in this case, located at the root of the jar. In other words, if the jar contained the class com.lutrosis.SomeClass, the paths would look like:

Code:

jarfile.jar/com/lutrosis/SomeClass
jarfile.jar/hibernate-banner.cfg.xml