Hibernate xml file

[sinasi susam]

I want to use hibernate to store and retrieve datas instead using jdbc.

I have read some about Hibernate and at the end i reached that We need xml files for mapping to tables.

This is something painful.
For every query i need an xml file.
what if the project is very huge?For example a job of 500 /1000 servlets and helper classes?

Now i need 500 xml files.Every where is going to filled up with xml files.

Any other way to configure Hibernate else?

Thanks

[Jaikiran Pai]

Originally posted by sinasi susam:
I want to use hibernate to store and retrieve datas instead using jdbc.

For every query i need an xml file.

You dont need a xml file for a query. You can have a single xml file which contains mappings for your database tables with the java objects. The xml files are used for mapping the tables with the java objects.

[Paul Sturrock]

...and there are tools available to generate them.