The Steps Needed to Integrate and Configure Hibernate

1- Identify the POJOs that have a database representation
2- Identify which properties of those POJOs need to be persisted
3- Create Hibernate XML mapping files for each of the POJOs that map properties       to columns in a table.
4- Create the database schema using the schema export tool, use an existing                 database, or create your own database schema .
5- Add the Hibernate Java libraries to your application’s classpath .
6- Create a Hibernate XML configuration file that points to your database                 and   your XML mapping files.
7- In your Java application, create a Hibernate Configuration  object  that               references your XML configuration file.
8- Also in your Java application, build a Hibernate SessionFactory object from the
    Configuration object.
9- Finally, retrieve Hibernate Session objects from the SessionFactory, and write   your data access logic for your application.