def connectToDatabase () {
      Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
      val username = "xx"
      val password = "xxx"

      var session = Session.create(
              java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xxx", username, password),
              new MySQLAdapter)

      SessionFactory.concreteFactory = Some(()=> session)

      session.bindToCurrentThread
  }

  def disconnectFromDatabase () {
      var session = Session.currentSession
      session.close
  }


(then in the Servlet)


    before() {
        emailrecorder.connectToDatabase()
    }

    after() {
        emailrecorder.disconnectFromDatabase()
    }