Play Framework 1 hibernate integration

Question

I am using Play 1.2.5. I am using hibernate in my play project. I have added the database info in application.conf as follows

db.driver=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/dbname
db.user=username
db.pass=password

Also I have added the database info in the hibernate.cfg.xml under the conf folder as follows,

<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.password">password</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/dbname</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.username">username</property>
<property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect</property>

My application is running properly but I am not sure whether it is a good practise to define the db connections in both the files. Is there a way to define the db connection in a single place. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Answer 1

You don't need a Hibernate mapping file. Mapping is specified using JPA annotations on your model classes.

Have a read of the guide to get started.