SessionFactory fact = new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();
sess = fact.openSession();
String SQL_QUERY ="Select tb_appointment.appt_id,tb_appointment.appt_time,tb_appointment.appt_consultantid," +
"tb_appointment.appt_patname,tb_appointment.appt_complaints,tb_appointment.appt_convert from apptView tb_appointment";
Query query = sess.createQuery(SQL_QUERY);
List list = query.list();


iam gertting error as
ava.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems:
Cannot instantiate the type List
Cannot instantiate the type List
please i need a help..

Have you imported java.util.List class?
If no then try it!