Caused by: org.hibernate.MappingException: Could not determine type for: com.project.persistence.dao.usertype.DefaultStatusIfNullStatusType, at table: LOCATION, for columns: [org.hibernate.mapping.Column(STATUS)]
   at org.hibernate.mapping.SimpleValue.getType(SimpleValue.java:306) [:3.6.0.Final]
   at org.hibernate.mapping.SimpleValue.isValid(SimpleValue.java:290) [:3.6.0.Final]
   at org.hibernate.mapping.Property.isValid(Property.java:217) [:3.6.0.Final]
   at org.hibernate.mapping.PersistentClass.validate(PersistentClass.java:463) [:3.6.0.Final]
   at org.hibernate.mapping.RootClass.validate(RootClass.java:235) [:3.6.0.Final]
   at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.validate(Configuration.java:1332) [:3.6.0.Final]
   at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1835) [:3.6.0.Final]
   at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.newSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:860) [:3.0.5.RELEASE]
   at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.buildSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:779) [:3.0.5.RELEASE]
   at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.AbstractSessionFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractSessionFactoryBean.java:211) [:3.0.5.RELEASE]
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1477) [:3.0.5.RELEASE]
   at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1417) [:3.0.5.RELEASE]
   ... 107 more

@Component
public class Location extends AbstractPersistentEntity implements Serializable {

    private Integer locationId;
    private String geonameId;
    private String geonameJson;
    private String cityName;
    private String status;
    private Timestamp createTimestamp;
    private Timestamp updateTimestamp;

    /**
     * Default constructor.
     */
    public Location() {
    }

    public Integer getLocationId() {
        return this.locationId;
    }

    public void setLocationId(Integer locationId) {
        this.locationId = locationId;
    }

    public String getGeonameId() {
        return this.geonameId;
    }

    public void setGeonameId(String geonameId) {
        this.geonameId = geonameId;
    }

    public String getGeonameJson() {
        return this.geonameJson;
    }

    public void setGeonameJson(String geonameJson) {
        this.geonameJson = geonameJson;
    }

    public String getCityName() {
        return this.cityName;
    }

    public void setCityName(String cityName) {
        this.cityName = cityName;
    }

    public String getStatus() {
        return this.status;
    }

    public void setStatus(String status) {
        this.status = status;
    }

    public Timestamp getCreateTimestamp() {
        return this.createTimestamp;
    }

    public void setCreateTimestamp(Timestamp createTimestamp) {
        this.createTimestamp = createTimestamp;
    }

    public Timestamp getUpdateTimestamp() {
        return this.updateTimestamp;
    }

    public void setUpdateTimestamp(Timestamp updateTimestamp) {
        this.updateTimestamp = updateTimestamp;
    }

}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 3.0//EN" "http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-mapping>
    <class name="com.project.persistence.model.Location" table="LOCATION" catalog="db">
        <id name="locationId" type="java.lang.Integer">
            <column name="LOCATION_ID" />
            <generator class="identity" />
        </id>
        <property name="geonameId" type="java.lang.String">
            <column name="GEONAME_ID" length="10" not-null="true" unique="true" />
        </property>
        <property name="geonameJson" type="java.lang.String">
            <column name="GEONAME_JSON" length="5000" not-null="true" />
        </property>
        <property name="cityName" type="java.lang.String">
            <column name="CITY_NAME" length="200" not-null="true" />
        </property>
        <property name="status" type="com.proj.persistence.dao.usertype.DefaultStatusIfNullStatusType">
            <column name="STATUS" length="1" />
        </property>
        <property name="createTimestamp" type="com.proj.persistence.dao.usertype.DefaultNowIfNullTimestampType">
            <column name="CREATE_TIMESTAMP" length="19" />
        </property>
        <property name="updateTimestamp" type="com.proj.persistence.dao.usertype.UpdateToNowAlwaysTimestampType">
            <column name="UPDATE_TIMESTAMP" length="19" />
        </property>
    </class>
</hibernate-mapping>