protected void setUp() throws Exception {
        Configuration configuration =
            new Configuration();
        configuration.setProperty(
            Environment.DRIVER,
            "org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver");
        configuration.setProperty(
            Environment.URL,
            "jdbc:hsqldb:mem:ProductDAOTest");
        configuration.setProperty(
            Environment.USER, "sa");
        configuration.setProperty(
            Environment.DIALECT,
            HSQLDialect.class.getName());
        configuration.setProperty(
            Environment.SHOW_SQL, "true");
}

public void testSave()
{
        SessionFactory sessionFactory =
            configuration.buildSessionFactory();

}

public abstract class AbstractHibernatePersistanceTest {
  protected static SessionFactory sessionFactory;
  public static String configFile="hibernate.cfg.xml";
 
  @BeforeClass
  public static void setupHibernate(){
    if (sessionFactory == null) {
      try {
        Configuration conf = createConfiguration(); /*implements this method to create your test configuration*/
        sessionFactory = conf.buildSessionFactory();
      } catch (Throwable ex) {
        System.err.println("Initial SessionFactory creation failed." + ex);
        throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
      }
    }
  }
 
  @AfterClass
  public static void closeSessionFactory(){
    if(sessionFactory!=null){
    sessionFactory.close();
    sessionFactory=null;
    }
  }
}