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    <title>Configure NHibernate With Embedded Resource</title>

    <description>How to configure NHibernate for a test assembly circa 2010</description>

    <category>C#</category>

    <category>Programming</category>

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        <originalUrl>https://tmont.com/blargh/2010/11/configure-nhibernate-with-embedded-resource</originalUrl>

        <originalDate>2010-11-09T04:47:05.000Z</originalDate>

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<p>

  I spent a couple dozen minutes figuring this out today. There are several different ways to 

  configure NHibernate:

</p>

<ol>

  <li>

      The default way, which is having a <code>hibernate-section</code> configuration section in 

      your app.config, or having a <code>hibernate.cfg.xml</code> in the root of your app.

  </li>

  <li>Embedded resource</li>

  <li>Hard-coded path to config file</li>

</ol>

<p>

  In my app, I have some tests that spin up a database and test out some NHibernate-related 

  stuff, like that things cascade properly. So that means I needed a <code>hibernate.cfg.xml</code>

  file for my test assembly as well. And that sucked, because I didn't want to put it at the root 

  of the application because it cluttered up the directory and I have a disorder regarding stuff 

  like that.

</p>

<p>

  So, I left the <code>hibernate.cfg.xml</code> file in my non-root directory, and turned it 

  into an embedded resource.

</p>

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    <caption>hibernate.cfg.xml properties config</caption>

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<p>

  Now you have to figure out the manifest resource name of this embedded resource, which is just

  the path to the file on disk.

</p>

<glacius:code lang="csharp"><![CDATA[

// assuming this class and hibernate.cfg.xml reside in the same directory

new NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration().Configure(

  GetType().Assembly, 

  "My.Sweet.App.NotTheRootDirectory.hibernate.cfg.xml"

);]]></glacius:code>

<p>And then you profit.</p>