org.hibernate.service.spi.ServiceException: Unable to create requested service [org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.spi.JdbcEnvironment]

public DBService()
{
    Configuration configuration = getMySqlConfiguration();
    sessionFactory = createSessionFactory(configuration);
}

private Configuration getMySqlConfiguration() {
    Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
    configuration.addAnnotatedClass(ParkingTable.class);
    configuration.addAnnotatedClass(CarTable.class);

    configuration.setProperty("hibernate.dialect",                 "org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect");
    configuration.setProperty("hibernate.connection.driver_class", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
    configuration.setProperty("hibernate.connection.url",          "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydb");
    configuration.setProperty("hibernate.connection.username",     "root");
    configuration.setProperty("hibernate.connection.password",     "geo");
    configuration.setProperty("hibernate.show_sql", hibernate_show_sql);
    return configuration;
}