I'm using Hibernate with HSQLDB via JPA in Eclipse.
I want to have an array column, so I'm trying to follow the instructions at viewtopic.php?t=946973
One of the compile problem is that I need a reference to the SessionFactory so I can make this method work:

Since my existing code can use the database, I figure there must be an instance of the SessionFactory SOMEWHERE.
How do I get a reference to it?

(Has anyone else updated this UserType code to something recent? It looks like I'll also have to implement nullSafeSet() and nullSafeGet() for the types in this very old class.)

I figured out how to modify the code to not need that value. (though it still might be nice to know how to get it.)