use of configure() method in Hibernate?

[Joe Harry]

Guys,

What is the use of configure() method in the Configuration class? Also what it means by saying Configuration cfg = new Configuration()? Please explain guys!

[Paul Sturrock]

That is instantiating a new Configuration. A Configuration represents a set of mappings between object and database. The configure methods allow different way to define the Configuration, either by using Hibernate default lookup strategy (finding hibernate.cfg.xml in the classpath) or explicitly definig it some other way.

[Joe Harry]

The configure() method is overloaded right...one with no args and the other with String args that take a hibernate mapping file as argument?

[Paul Sturrock]

The best place to find that out is to look at the JavaDocs. As you will see there are five configure methods.