title: ConfigurationException: Could not locate cfg.xml resource [hibernate.cfg.xml] in project root folder
body: <p>I have the <strong>hibernate.cfg.xml</strong> file in the <strong>project root folder</strong>. </p>
  
  <p>If I run an application containing:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SessionFactory sessionFactory = new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it crashes in the <code>configure()</code> method with the following message:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Could not locate cfg.xml resource [hibernate.cfg.xml]</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p><strong>Output</strong>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Jun 17, 2016 12:04:59 PM org.hibernate.Version logVersion
  INFO: HHH000412: Hibernate Core {5.2.0.Final}
  Jun 17, 2016 12:04:59 PM org.hibernate.cfg.Environment &lt;clinit&gt;
  INFO: HHH000205: Loaded properties from resource hibernate.properties: {hibernate.connection.driver_class=org.h2.Driver, hibernate.service.allow_crawling=false, hibernate.max_fetch_depth=5, hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect, hibernate.format_sql=true, hibernate.generate_statistics=true, hibernate.connection.username=sa, hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:h2:mem:db1;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;LOCK_TIMEOUT=10000, hibernate.bytecode.use_reflection_optimizer=false, hibernate.connection.password=****, hibernate.connection.pool_size=5}
  Jun 17, 2016 12:04:59 PM org.hibernate.cfg.Environment buildBytecodeProvider
  INFO: HHH000021: Bytecode provider name : javassist
  org.hibernate.internal.util.config.ConfigurationException: Could not locate cfg.xml resource [hibernate.cfg.xml]
      at org.hibernate.boot.cfgxml.internal.ConfigLoader.loadConfigXmlResource(ConfigLoader.java:53)
      at org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder.configure(StandardServiceRegistryBuilder.java:163)
      at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.configure(Configuration.java:258)
      at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.configure(Configuration.java:244)
      at o.k.j.HibernateTest.main(HibernateTest.java:22)
  </code></pre>