mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="org.hibernate.tutorial.EventManager" -Dexec.args="store"

INFO] [exec:java {execution: default-cli}]
18 [org.hibernate.tutorial.EventManager.main()] INFO org.hibernate.cfg.Environment - Hibernate 3.3.2.GA
20 [org.hibernate.tutorial.EventManager.main()] INFO org.hibernate.cfg.Environment - hibernate.properties not found
24 [org.hibernate.tutorial.EventManager.main()] INFO org.hibernate.cfg.Environment - Bytecode provider name : javassist
29 [org.hibernate.tutorial.EventManager.main()] INFO org.hibernate.cfg.Environment - using JDK 1.4 java.sql.Timestamp handling
130 [org.hibernate.tutorial.EventManager.main()] INFO org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration - configuring from resource: /hibernate.cfg.xml
130 [org.hibernate.tutorial.EventManager.main()] INFO org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration - Configuration resource: /hibernate.cfg.xml
Initial SessionFactory creation failed.org.hibernate.HibernateException: /hibernate.cfg.xml not found
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[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
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[INFO] An exception occured while executing the Java class. null
 
/hibernate.cfg.xml not found
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[INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch

public class HibernateUtil {
 
    private static final SessionFactory sessionFactory = buildSessionFactory();
 
    private static SessionFactory buildSessionFactory() {
        try {
            // Create the SessionFactory from hibernate.cfg.xml
            return new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();
        }
        catch (Throwable ex) {
            // Make sure you log the exception, as it might be swallowed
            System.err.println("Initial SessionFactory creation failed." + ex);
            throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(ex);
        }
    }
 
    public static SessionFactory getSessionFactory() {
        return sessionFactory;
    }
}