How to load hibernate.cfg.xml from different location

hibernate, java, xml

Solution

There is a method `public Configuration configure(File configFile)` in class `Configuration`

Try the following, it should work for sure :)

File f = new File("D:\\fax\\hibernate.cfg.xml");
SessionFactory sessionFactory = new Configuration().configure(f).buildSessionFactory();

The difference is you have used a method `configure(String resource)` which is expecting a resource in a classpath, but where as `configure(File configFile)` is expecting a `File`, so you can pass it.

Problem

I am creating a jar using hibernate. I have encountered a situation where I need to change a setting (url) often, so I would like to load the `hibernate.cfg.xml` like this ``` SessionFactory sessionFactory = new Configuration() .configure("D:\\fax\\hibernate.cfg.xml") .buildSessionFactory(); ``` But then running the project I am getting this exception ``` org.hibernate.HibernateException: D:\fax\hibernate.cfg.xml not found at org.hibernate.util.ConfigHelper.getResourceAsStream(ConfigHelper.java:147) at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.getConfigurationInputStream(Configuration.java:1287) at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.configure(Configuration.java:1309) at hibernate.LabOrderHelper.getDatabaseSesssion(LabOrderHelper.java:55) at hibernate.Test.main(Test.java:42) ``` How can I load `hibernate.cfg.xml` from a different location than the class path?

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