Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not locate SessionFactory in JNDI

[Pradeep Dharmavarapu]

Hello Friends, I am new to Hibernate and while coding data retrieval from MySql (ClassicModels schema) database in main() I keep running into "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not locate SessionFactory in JNDI". Searched for resolution in many many forums but couldn't zero in on a fix to this issue (perhaps my inexperience blinded me). Apologize for reposting if this has been addressed earlier but please help with a resolution. Please let me know any additional tech detail if required. Thanks in advance.. and sorry the message is long!

Logger: SLF4J 1.7.5
Hibernate version: 4.2.6
Jdk: 1.7.0_45
MySql jdbc connector: 5.1.26
OS: Mac OSX, Mavericks
No properties setup.
Genrated domain code using Hibernate perspective's code gen functionality.

Hibernate Configuration:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC
"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"
"http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-configuration>
        <session-factory>
        <property name="hibernate.session_factory_name">MySessionFactory</property>
        <property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</property>
        <property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/classicmodels</property>
        <property name="hibernate.connection.username">root</property>
        <property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLInnoDBDialect</property>
        <property name="show_sql">true</property>
        <property name="hibernate.jdbc.batch_size">0</property>
        <property name="hibernate.jdbc.use_scrollable_resultsets">false</property>
        <property name="hibernate.search.autoregister_listeners">false</property>
        <mapping resource="org/deema/code/dao/Employees.hbm.xml" />
        <mapping resource="org/deema/code/dao/Orders.hbm.xml" />
        <mapping resource="org/deema/code/dao/Customers.hbm.xml" />
        <mapping resource="org/deema/code/dao/Productlines.hbm.xml" />
        <mapping resource="org/deema/code/dao/Products.hbm.xml" />
        <mapping resource="org/deema/code/dao/Payments.hbm.xml" />
        <mapping resource="org/deema/code/dao/Orderdetails.hbm.xml" />
        <mapping resource="org/deema/code/dao/Offices.hbm.xml" />
    </session-factory>
</hibernate-configuration>

HibernateUtil

package org.deema.code.java;

import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;

public class HibernateUtil {
    private static final SessionFactory sessionFactory;

    static {
	try {
	    Configuration config = new Configuration();
	    sessionFactory = config.configure().buildSessionFactory();

	} catch (Throwable ex) {
	    ex.printStackTrace(System.out);
	    throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(ex);
	}
    }

    public static Session getSession() {
	return sessionFactory.openSession();
    }

    public void closeSession(Session session) {
	session.clear();
	session.close();
    }
}

Main method:

package org.deema.code.java;

import org.deema.code.dao.Customers;
import org.deema.code.dao.CustomersHome;
import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.Transaction;

public class FirstHibernateRunner {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
	// TODO: This is JNDI Issue that needs to be resolved. Program does not run.
	Session session = HibernateUtil.getSession();
	Transaction tx = null;

	try {
	    tx = session.beginTransaction();
	    CustomersHome customers = new CustomersHome();
	    Customers customer = customers.findById(2);
	    tx.commit();
	    tx = null;
	    System.out.println("First name: " + customer.getContactFirstName() + "Last name: " + customer.getContactLastName());
	} catch (HibernateException ex) {
	    System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
	} finally {
	    session.clear();
	    session.close();
	}
    }
}

Exception:

Nov 02, 2013 9:28:39 AM org.hibernate.internal.SessionFactoryRegistry addSessionFactory
WARN: HHH000277: Could not bind factory to JNDI
org.hibernate.service.jndi.JndiException: Error parsing JNDI name [MySessionFactory]
	at org.hibernate.service.jndi.internal.JndiServiceImpl.parseName(JndiServiceImpl.java:92)
	at org.hibernate.service.jndi.internal.JndiServiceImpl.bind(JndiServiceImpl.java:108)
	at org.hibernate.internal.SessionFactoryRegistry.addSessionFactory(SessionFactoryRegistry.java:89)
	at org.hibernate.internal.SessionFactoryImpl.<init>(SessionFactoryImpl.java:481)
	at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1794)
	at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1865)
	at org.deema.code.java.HibernateUtil.<clinit>(HibernateUtil.java:13)
	at org.deema.code.java.FirstHibernateRunner.main(FirstHibernateRunner.java:12)
Caused by: javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Need to specify class name in environment or system property, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file:  java.naming.factory.initial
	at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:662)
	at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:307)
	at javax.naming.InitialContext.getURLOrDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:344)
	at javax.naming.InitialContext.getNameParser(InitialContext.java:499)
	at org.hibernate.service.jndi.internal.JndiServiceImpl.parseName(JndiServiceImpl.java:86)
	... 7 more

SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/Users/Dev/JavaDownloads/slf4j-1.7.5/slf4j-jdk14-1.7.5.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/Users/Dev/JavaDownloads/slf4j-1.7.5/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.5.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/Users/Dev/JavaDownloads/slf4j-1.7.5/slf4j-nop-1.7.5.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/Users/Dev/JavaDownloads/slf4j-1.7.5/slf4j-simple-1.7.5.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.
SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.slf4j.impl.JDK14LoggerFactory]
Nov 02, 2013 9:28:39 AM org.deema.code.dao.CustomersHome getSessionFactory
SEVERE: Could not locate SessionFactory in JNDI
javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Need to specify class name in environment or system property, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file:  java.naming.factory.initial
	at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:662)
	at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:307)
	at javax.naming.InitialContext.getURLOrDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:344)
	at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:411)
	at org.deema.code.dao.CustomersHome.getSessionFactory(CustomersHome.java:26)
	at org.deema.code.dao.CustomersHome.<init>(CustomersHome.java:22)
	at org.deema.code.java.FirstHibernateRunner.main(FirstHibernateRunner.java:17)

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not locate SessionFactory in JNDI
	at org.deema.code.dao.CustomersHome.getSessionFactory(CustomersHome.java:29)
	at org.deema.code.dao.CustomersHome.<init>(CustomersHome.java:22)
	at org.deema.code.java.FirstHibernateRunner.main(FirstHibernateRunner.java:17)