//data from login form
String username = request.getParameter("username").trim();
String password = request.getParameter("password").trim();

SessionFactory sessionFactory = new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();
Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();
session.beginTransaction();
try {
    User currentUser = (User) session.get(User.class, username);
    if(password.equals(currentUser.getPassword())) {
        response.sendRedirect("index.jsp?page=login&success=true");
    } else {
        session.getTransaction().rollback();
        response.sendRedirect("index.jsp?page=login&success=false");
    }
} catch //...

HttpSession httpSession = request.getSession();
httpSession.setAttribute("user", user);

HttpSession httpSession = request.getSession(false);
//False because we do not want it to create a new session if it does not exist.
User user = null;
if(httpSession != null){
    user = (User) httpSession.getAttribute("user");
}

if(user!=null){
    // Do stuff here
}

httpSession.invalidate();

HttpSession httpSession = request.getSession();
httpSession.setAttribute("loggedUser", your_user_object reference_here );

httpSession.getAttribute("loggedUser");//return type is Object here