Hibernate configuration--- It uses a XML file. The name of this file is hibernate.cfg.xml. It is used to create connection pool or established the required environment variable. Required file for configuration (by using annotation)

Step1 - hibernate.cfg.xml ? It is a configuration file, which provides database connection.

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC
        "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"
        "http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-configuration>
    <session-factory>
        <property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</property>
        <property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:mysql://192.168.10.13:3306/onlinexamination</property>
        <property name="hibernate.connection.username">root</property>
        <property name="connection.password">root</property>
        <property name="connection.pool_size">1</property>
        <property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect</property>
        <property name="show_sql">true</property>
        <property name="current_session_context_class">thread</property>
        <property name="hbm2ddl.auto">update</property>
        <mapping class="net.roseindia.Model.AddInformation" />
    </session-factory>
</hibernate-configuration>

Step 2 -- HibernateUtil class The HibernateUtil is a java class, which provides SessionFactory from the Hibernate configuration file. It manages the Hibernate session. HibernateUtil class is a helper class that handle Hibernate's SessionFactory to obtain a Session object. This class load the hibernate.cfg.xml file using configure () method.

package net.roseindia.hibernateUtil;

import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotationConfiguration;

public class HibernateUtil {
    private static final SessionFactory sessionFactory = buildSessionFactory();

    private static SessionFactory buildSessionFactory() {
        try {
            // Create the SessionFactory from hibernate.cfg.xml
            return new AnnotationConfiguration().configure()
                    .buildSessionFactory();
        } catch (Throwable ex) {
            System.err.println("Initial SessionFactory creation failed." + ex);
            throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(ex);
        }
    }

    public static SessionFactory getSessionFactory() {
        return sessionFactory;
    }
}

Step3- Model class

It is a POJO class. It has properties and their getter setter method. It also provides mapping of properties to table column.

package net.roseindia.Model;

import java.io.Serializable;

import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Table;

@Entity
@Table(name = "userinfo")
public class AddInformation implements Serializable {
    private String firstname;
    private int id;
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue
    @Column(name = "id")
    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }

    @Column(name = "firstname")
    public String getFirstname() {
        return firstname;
    }

    public void setFirstname(String firstname) {
        this.firstname = firstname;
    }

    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }
}

Step4?DAO It is java class. This class is used for accessing data from database table. The method of this class will be called from action class.

package net.roseindia.dao;

import java.util.List;
import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
import org.hibernate.classic.Session;
import net.roseindia.Model.AddInformation;
import net.roseindia.hibernateUtil.HibernateUtil;

public class InformationDAO extends HibernateUtil {
public AddInformation add(AddInformation obInformation) {
Session session =  HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().getCurrentSession();
        session.beginTransaction();
        session.save(obInformation);
        session.getTransaction().commit();
        return obInformation;
    }

}