CreateStudentDemo (no xml ... file somewhere else on computer ... not on classpath)

gistfile1.txt

package com.luv2code.hibernate.demo;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;

import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;

import com.luv2code.hibernate.demo.entity.Student;

public class CreateStudentDemo {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

		// set up properties
		Properties myCustomProps = new Properties();
		
		try {
			myCustomProps.load(new FileInputStream("c:\\test\\junk\\demo\\mickey-mouse.properties"));
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			throw e;
		}
	
		// create session factory
		SessionFactory factory = new Configuration()
								.addProperties(myCustomProps)
								.addAnnotatedClass(Student.class)
								.buildSessionFactory();
		
		// create session
		Session session = factory.getCurrentSession();
		
		try {			
			// create a student object
			System.out.println("Creating new student object...");
			Student tempStudent = new Student("Paul", "Doe", "[email protected]");
			
			// start a transaction
			session.beginTransaction();
			
			// save the student object
			System.out.println("Saving the student...");
			session.save(tempStudent);
			
			// commit transaction
			session.getTransaction().commit();
			
			System.out.println("Done!");
		}
		finally {
			factory.close();
		}
	}

}