<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
  <!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC
"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"    "http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">

  <hibernate-configuration>

    <session-factory>

        <!-- Database connection settings -->
        <property name="connection.driver_class">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</property>
        <property name="connection.url">jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/pessoa</property>
        <property name="connection.username">root</property>
        <property name="connection.password"></property>

        <!-- pool de conexão -->
        <property name="connection.pool_size">1</property>

        <property name="dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5InnoDBDialect</property>

  <property name="current_session_context_class">thread</property>

  <property name="cache.provider_class">org.hibernate.cache.internal.NoCacheProvider</property>

        <!-- mostra as querys -->
        <property name="show_sql">false</property>

  <property name="hbm2ddl.auto">validate</property>

        <!-- <mapping resource="org/hibernate/tutorial/domain/Event.hbm.xml" /> -->

    </session-factory>

</hibernate-configuration>

package util;

import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
import org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistry;

public class HibernateUtil {

private static SessionFactory factory;
private static Configuration configuration;

public static SessionFactory initialize() {
try {
configuration=new Configuration().configure();

ServiceRegistry registro= new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder().applySettings(configuration.getProperties()).build();

factory=configuration.buildSessionFactory(registro);

System.out.println(">> HIBERNATE INICIADO COM SUCESSO.");
}

catch (Throwable e) {
System.out.println(">> FALHA NA INICIAÇÃO DO HIBERNATE.");
e.printStackTrace();
}

return factory;
}

public static SessionFactory getFactory() {
return factory;
}

}

package util;

import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;

public class HibernateUtilTest {

public static void main(String args[]) {
HibernateUtil.getFactory().openSession();
}

}