Caused by: org.hibernate.HibernateException: Connection cannot be null when 'hibernate.dialect' not set

1     static {
2         try {
3             sessionFactory = new AnnotationConfiguration()
4                     .configure().buildSessionFactory();
5         } catch (Throwable ex) {
6             // Log exception!
7             throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(ex);
8         }
9     }

1 Configuration cfg = new Configuration().configure();  
2 ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry= new ServiceRegistryBuilder().applySettings(cfg.getProperties()).buildServiceRegistry();  
3 sessionFactory = cfg.buildSessionFactory(serviceRegistry);