My First Hibernate Application

 Step 1 :
Setup the Development Environment for Hibernate

1. Eclipse IDE 
           -  using eclipse IDE create a Java Application project.

2. Hibernate distribution bundle 
           - download following .jar files and create folder called 'lib' 
              under project and copy and paste those .jar s to that folder 

                    antlr-2.7.6.jar  / commons-collections-3.1.jar  /  dom4j-1.6.1.jar
                    javassist-3.9.0.GA.jar / jta-1.1.jar  / slf4j-api-1.5.8.jar
                    hibernate-jpa-2.0-api-1.0.0.Final.jar  / slf4j-log4j12-1.5.8.jar
                    log4j-1.2.16.jar

3. Install MySQL Server and download mysql-connector-java-5.1.15-bin.jar
     (JDBC driver)  and copy and paste to lib folder

4. Configure Build-Path of  the Project
                  go through build-path and add lib folder .jar files to
                  build path of the project   

 Step 2 :
Create MySQL Database tables
create two table called 'users' and 'tasks' in your MySQL Database as following, 

 Step 3 : 
Create POJO (plain old java object) Classes
Under 'src' folder create package called 'com.test' and add  following two classes.

1. User.java

  
2. Task.java

 Step 4 : 
Create Mapping Files     
Under project 'src' folder, add following .xml mapping files

1. user.xml

  
2. task.xml

 Step 5 :     
Hibernate Configuration  
Under project 'src' folder, add following .xml hibernate configuration file

# hibernate.xml 

 Step 6 :    
Create Start-up Helper Class
 Under com.jayan package create start-up helper class as following,

# Hibernate.java 

  Step 7 :  
 Create Test Class
 Under com.jayan package create Test class as Main class as following,

# Test.java    

            

  Step 8 : 

      - Finally run the Test.java class and get the Output as following,