How to use a custom hibernate.cfg.xml file path in Tapestry5

hibernate, tapestry

Solution

In the class `AppModule` there are two methods that need to be changed or created:

- `contributeApplicationDefaults`, to disable the default configuration

- `contributeHibernateSessionSource` to provide your own.

public static void contributeApplicationDefaults(
         MappedConfiguration<String, Object> configuration) {

    // Disable call to hibernate.configure() to call it manually 
    configuration.add(HibernateSymbols.DEFAULT_CONFIGURATION, "false");
}

public void contributeHibernateSessionSource(
        OrderedConfiguration<HibernateConfigurer> configurer) {

    configurer.add("hibernate-session-source", new HibernateConfigurer() {
        public void configure(org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration configuration) {
            configuration.configure("my-hibernate.cfg.xml");
        }
    });
}

The id `hibernate-session-source` is arbitrary, anything seems to work. In this discussion it's suggested to choose a unique one. Tested in Tapestry 5.3.6

Problem

How can I change the name or path of the hibernate configuration file `hibernate.cfg.xml` in a tapestry application?

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