There are two configuration files:
pom.xml /src /main /resources hibernate.cfg.xml /META-INF persistence.xml
For pure Hibernate API, we should use hibernate.cfg.xml.
For JPA (Java Persistence API), the persistence.xml file should be used.
If we have a pure Hibernate API project, we can use the existing configuration file in a new JPA project.
Add in persistence.xml the property hibernate.ejb.cfgfile
<persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_1_0.xsd" version="1.0" > <persistence-unit name="employee"> <properties> <property name="hibernate.ejb.cfgfile" value="/hibernate.cfg.xml" /> </properties> </persistence-unit> </persistence>