org.hibernate.MappingException: An AnnotationConfiguration instance is required to use <mapping class= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: HBX-980 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HBX-980 Project: Hibernate Tools Issue Type: Bug Components: eclipse Affects Versions: 3.2beta7 Environment: Hibernate 3.2 latest, Hibernate Tools 3.2.0, Eclipse 3.3.0 Reporter: Matt Braunwart Original Estimate: 1 day Remaining Estimate: 1 day I am having an issue with getting the session factory. I have searched and searched for anything referring to this, and the results i find are nothing like the error that I am receiving. If anyone could assist me with this problem, I will be very grateful. Problem while executing Create SessionFactory(An AnnotationConfiguration instance is required to use <mapping class="movieblends.beans.Tagsuggestions"/>) org.hibernate.MappingException: An AnnotationConfiguration instance is required to use <mapping class="movieblends.beans.Tagsuggestions"/> An AnnotationConfiguration instance is required to use <mapping class="movieblends.beans.Tagsuggestions"/> org.hibernate.MappingException: An AnnotationConfiguration instance is required to use <mapping class="movieblends.beans.Tagsuggestions"/> An AnnotationConfiguration instance is required to use <mapping class="movieblends.beans.Tagsuggestions"/> <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 3.0//EN" "http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd"> <!-- Generated Aug 22, 2007 2:31:06 PM by Hibernate Tools 3.2.0.b9 --> <hibernate-mapping> <class name="movieblends.beans.Tagsuggestions" table="tagsuggestions" catalog="mbadmins"> <comment></comment> <id name="messageId" type="int"> <column name="messageID" /> <generator class="assigned" /> </id> <many-to-one name="user" class="movieblends.beans.User" fetch="select"> <column name="userID" not-null="true"> <comment></comment> </column> </many-to-one> <property name="suggestion" type="string"> <column name="suggestion" not-null="true"> <comment></comment> </column> </property> </class> </hibernate-mapping> package movieblends.beans; // Generated Aug 22, 2007 2:31:06 PM by Hibernate Tools 3.2.0.b9 import java.util.List; import javax.naming.InitialContext; import org.apache.commons.logging.Log; import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory; import org.hibernate.LockMode; import org.hibernate.SessionFactory; import org.hibernate.criterion.Example; /** * Home object for domain model class Tagsuggestions. * @see movieblends.beans.Tagsuggestions * @author Hibernate Tools */ public class TagsuggestionsHome { private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(TagsuggestionsHome.class); private final SessionFactory sessionFactory = getSessionFactory(); protected SessionFactory getSessionFactory() { try { return (SessionFactory) new InitialContext().lookup("SessionFactory"); } catch (Exception e) { log.error("Could not locate SessionFactory in JNDI", e); throw new IllegalStateException("Could not locate SessionFactory in JNDI"); } } public void persist(Tagsuggestions transientInstance) { log.debug("persisting Tagsuggestions instance"); try { sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().persist(transientInstance); log.debug("persist successful"); } catch (RuntimeException re) { log.error("persist failed", re); throw re; } } public void attachDirty(Tagsuggestions instance) { log.debug("attaching dirty Tagsuggestions instance"); try { sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().saveOrUpdate(instance); log.debug("attach successful"); } catch (RuntimeException re) { log.error("attach failed", re); throw re; } } public void attachClean(Tagsuggestions instance) { log.debug("attaching clean Tagsuggestions instance"); try { sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().lock(instance, LockMode.NONE); log.debug("attach successful"); } catch (RuntimeException re) { log.error("attach failed", re); throw re; } } public void delete(Tagsuggestions persistentInstance) { log.debug("deleting Tagsuggestions instance"); try { sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().delete(persistentInstance); log.debug("delete successful"); } catch (RuntimeException re) { log.error("delete failed", re); throw re; } } public Tagsuggestions merge(Tagsuggestions detachedInstance) { log.debug("merging Tagsuggestions instance"); try { Tagsuggestions result = (Tagsuggestions) sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().merge(detachedInstance); log.debug("merge successful"); return result; } catch (RuntimeException re) { log.error("merge failed", re); throw re; } } public Tagsuggestions findById(int id) { log.debug("getting Tagsuggestions instance with id: " + id); try { Tagsuggestions instance = (Tagsuggestions) sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().get( "movieblends.beans.Tagsuggestions", id); if (instance == null) { log.debug("get successful, no instance found"); } else { log.debug("get successful, instance found"); } return instance; } catch (RuntimeException re) { log.error("get failed", re); throw re; } } public List findByExample(Tagsuggestions instance) { log.debug("finding Tagsuggestions instance by example"); try { List results = sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().createCriteria("movieblends.beans.Tagsuggestions").add( Example.create(instance)).list(); log.debug("find by example successful, result size: " + results.size()); return results; } catch (RuntimeException re) { log.error("find by example failed", re); throw re; } } } package movieblends.beans; // Generated Aug 22, 2007 2:31:06 PM by Hibernate Tools 3.2.0.b9 /** * Tagsuggestions generated by hbm2java */ public class Tagsuggestions implements java.io.Serializable { private int messageId; private User user; private String suggestion; public Tagsuggestions() { } public Tagsuggestions(int messageId, User user, String suggestion) { this.messageId = messageId; this.user = user; this.suggestion = suggestion; } public int getMessageId() { return this.messageId; } public void setMessageId(int messageId) { this.messageId = messageId; } public User getUser() { return this.user; } public void setUser(User user) { this.user = user; } public String getSuggestion() { return this.suggestion; } public void setSuggestion(String suggestion) { this.suggestion = suggestion; } } <?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 name="mbdb"> <property name="hibernate.bytecode.use_reflection_optimizer">false</property> <property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</property> <property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:mysql://localhost/mbadmins</property> <property name="hibernate.connection.username">root</property> <property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect</property> <mapping class="movieblends.beans.Tagsuggestions" /> <mapping class="movieblends.beans.Review" /> <mapping class="movieblends.beans.Posts" /> <mapping class="movieblends.beans.Tags" /> <mapping class="movieblends.beans.Movie" /> <mapping class="movieblends.beans.Ratings" /> <mapping class="movieblends.beans.User" /> <mapping class="movieblends.beans.Threads" /> <mapping class="movieblends.beans.Profile" /> </session-factory> </hibernate-configuration> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE hibernate-reverse-engineering PUBLIC "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Reverse Engineering DTD 3.0//EN" "http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-reverse-engineering-3.0.dtd" > <hibernate-reverse-engineering> <table-filter match-catalog="mbadmins" match-name="keywords"/> <table-filter match-catalog="mbadmins" match-name="movie"/> <table-filter match-catalog="mbadmins" match-name="posts"/> <table-filter match-catalog="mbadmins" match-name="profile"/> <table-filter match-catalog="mbadmins" match-name="ratings"/> <table-filter match-catalog="mbadmins" match-name="review"/> <table-filter match-catalog="mbadmins" match-name="tags"/> <table-filter match-catalog="mbadmins" match-name="tagsuggestions"/> <table-filter match-catalog="mbadmins" match-name="threads"/> <table-filter match-catalog="mbadmins" match-name="user"/> </hibernate-reverse-engineering> There is some information on what I have done so far.