Configuring the ZK Configuration File

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To make ZK works with Hibernate smoothly, you have to use the following utilities.

1. Create zk.xml under $myApp/WEB-INF/(if not exists)
2. Copy the following lines into your zk.xml

 <!-- Hibernate SessionFactory lifecycle -->
 <listener>
 <description>Hibernate SessionFactory lifecycle</description>
 <listener-class>org.zkoss.zkplus.hibernate.HibernateSessionFactoryListener</listener-class>
 </listener>

 <!-- Hibernate OpenSessionInView Pattern -->
 <listener>
 <description>Hibernate Open Session In View life-cycle</description>
 <listener-class>org.zkoss.zkplus.hibernate.OpenSessionInViewListener</listener-class>
 </listener>

 <!-- Hibernate thread session context handler -->
 <listener>
 <description>Hibernate thread session context handler</description>
 <listener-class>org.zkoss.zkplus.hibernate.HibernateSessionContextListener</listener-class>
 </listener>

$myApp represents the name of your web application. ex. event