Hibernate xml file

I want to use hibernate to store and retrieve datas instead using jdbc.

I have read some about Hibernate and at the end i reached that We need xml files for mapping to tables.

This is something painful.
For every query i need an xml file.
what if the project is very huge?For example a job of 500 /1000 servlets and helper classes?

Now i need 500 xml files.Every where is going to filled up with xml files.

Any other way to configure Hibernate else?

Thanks

Originally posted by sinasi susam:
I want to use hibernate to store and retrieve datas instead using jdbc.

For every query i need an xml file.

You dont need a xml file for a query. You can have a single xml file which contains mappings for your database tables with the java objects. The xml files are used for mapping the tables with the java objects.

...and there are tools available to generate them.