LocalSessionFactoryBean 本身不是一个session factory,但是spring会自动把对这个bean的引用替换成LocalSessionFactoryBean 里面的真正的session factory。

    具体解释一下: 
    在LocalSessionFactoryBean 这个class里面有个字段是存放真正的session factory的: 
    Java代码:
    public class LocalSessionFactoryBean implements FactoryBean, InitializingBean, DisposableBean {     

    private SessionFactory sessionFactory;     
    private DataSource dataSource;
    private Resource[] configLocations;

    //返回session工厂
    public Object getObject(); {     
        return this.sessionFactory;     
    }    
    //设置数据库配置
    public void setDataSource(DataSource dataSource) {
        this.dataSource = dataSource;
    }
    //指定hibernate核心配置文件的位置
    public void setConfigLocation(Resource configLocation) {
        this.configLocations = new Resource[] {configLocation};
    }

当引用这个LocalSessionFactoryBean 的时候,比如applicationContext.getBean(“localSessionFactoryBean “)这样,spring返回的不是LocalSessionFactoryBean 本身,他会自动调用getObject()这个方法,把真正的session factory返回。用这样引用也一样,得到的都是session factory而不是LocalSessionFactoryBean 。这里代码没贴全,有兴趣的话看看下面的源代码源代码。
所以不需要再显式地创建一个session factory,直接引用LocalSessionFactoryBean 就可以了。

LocalSessionFactoryBean源代码:

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package org.springframework.orm.hibernate4;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.sql.DataSource;

import org.hibernate.Interceptor;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.cache.spi.RegionFactory;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
import org.springframework.context.ResourceLoaderAware;
import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
import org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver;
import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver;
import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternUtils;
import org.springframework.core.type.filter.TypeFilter;

/** * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean} that creates a Hibernate * {@link org.hibernate.SessionFactory}. This is the usual way to set up a shared * Hibernate SessionFactory in a Spring application context; the SessionFactory can * then be passed to Hibernate-based data access objects via dependency injection. * * <p><b>This variant of LocalSessionFactoryBean requires Hibernate 4.0 or higher.</b> * As of Spring 4.0, it is compatible with (the quite refactored) Hibernate 4.3 as well. * We recommend using the latest Hibernate 4.2.x or 4.3.x version, depending on whether * you need to remain JPA 2.0 compatible at runtime (Hibernate 4.2) or can upgrade to * JPA 2.1 (Hibernate 4.3). * * <p>This class is similar in role to the same-named class in the {@code orm.hibernate3} * package. However, in practice, it is closer to {@code AnnotationSessionFactoryBean} * since its core purpose is to bootstrap a {@code SessionFactory} from package scanning. * * <p><b>NOTE:</b> To set up Hibernate 4 for Spring-driven JTA transactions, make * sure to either specify the {@link #setJtaTransactionManager "jtaTransactionManager"} * bean property or to set the "hibernate.transaction.factory_class" property to * {@link org.hibernate.engine.transaction.internal.jta.CMTTransactionFactory}. * Otherwise, Hibernate's smart flushing mechanism won't work properly. * * @author Juergen Hoeller * @since 3.1 * @see #setDataSource * @see #setPackagesToScan * @see LocalSessionFactoryBuilder */
public class LocalSessionFactoryBean extends HibernateExceptionTranslator
        implements FactoryBean<SessionFactory>, ResourceLoaderAware, InitializingBean, DisposableBean {

    private DataSource dataSource;

    private Resource[] configLocations;

    private String[] mappingResources;

    private Resource[] mappingLocations;

    private Resource[] cacheableMappingLocations;

    private Resource[] mappingJarLocations;

    private Resource[] mappingDirectoryLocations;

    private Interceptor entityInterceptor;

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    private org.hibernate.cfg.NamingStrategy namingStrategy;

    private Object jtaTransactionManager;

    private Object multiTenantConnectionProvider;

    private Object currentTenantIdentifierResolver;

    private RegionFactory cacheRegionFactory;

    private TypeFilter[] entityTypeFilters;

    private Properties hibernateProperties;

    private Class<?>[] annotatedClasses;

    private String[] annotatedPackages;

    private String[] packagesToScan;

    private ResourcePatternResolver resourcePatternResolver = new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver();

    private Configuration configuration;

    private SessionFactory sessionFactory;


    /** * Set the DataSource to be used by the SessionFactory. * If set, this will override corresponding settings in Hibernate properties. * <p>If this is set, the Hibernate settings should not define * a connection provider to avoid meaningless double configuration. */
    public void setDataSource(DataSource dataSource) {
        this.dataSource = dataSource;
    }

    /** * Set the location of a single Hibernate XML config file, for example as * classpath resource "classpath:hibernate.cfg.xml". * <p>Note: Can be omitted when all necessary properties and mapping * resources are specified locally via this bean. * @see org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration#configure(java.net.URL) */
    public void setConfigLocation(Resource configLocation) {
        this.configLocations = new Resource[] {configLocation};
    }

    /** * Set the locations of multiple Hibernate XML config files, for example as * classpath resources "classpath:hibernate.cfg.xml,classpath:extension.cfg.xml". * <p>Note: Can be omitted when all necessary properties and mapping * resources are specified locally via this bean. * @see org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration#configure(java.net.URL) */
    public void setConfigLocations(Resource... configLocations) {
        this.configLocations = configLocations;
    }

    /** * Set Hibernate mapping resources to be found in the class path, * like "example.hbm.xml" or "mypackage/example.hbm.xml". * Analogous to mapping entries in a Hibernate XML config file. * Alternative to the more generic setMappingLocations method. * <p>Can be used to add to mappings from a Hibernate XML config file, * or to specify all mappings locally. * @see #setMappingLocations * @see org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration#addResource */
    public void setMappingResources(String... mappingResources) {
        this.mappingResources = mappingResources;
    }

    /** * Set locations of Hibernate mapping files, for example as classpath * resource "classpath:example.hbm.xml". Supports any resource location * via Spring's resource abstraction, for example relative paths like * "WEB-INF/mappings/example.hbm.xml" when running in an application context. * <p>Can be used to add to mappings from a Hibernate XML config file, * or to specify all mappings locally. * @see org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration#addInputStream */
    public void setMappingLocations(Resource... mappingLocations) {
        this.mappingLocations = mappingLocations;
    }

    /** * Set locations of cacheable Hibernate mapping files, for example as web app * resource "/WEB-INF/mapping/example.hbm.xml". Supports any resource location * via Spring's resource abstraction, as long as the resource can be resolved * in the file system. * <p>Can be used to add to mappings from a Hibernate XML config file, * or to specify all mappings locally. * @see org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration#addCacheableFile(java.io.File) */
    public void setCacheableMappingLocations(Resource... cacheableMappingLocations) {
        this.cacheableMappingLocations = cacheableMappingLocations;
    }

    /** * Set locations of jar files that contain Hibernate mapping resources, * like "WEB-INF/lib/example.hbm.jar". * <p>Can be used to add to mappings from a Hibernate XML config file, * or to specify all mappings locally. * @see org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration#addJar(java.io.File) */
    public void setMappingJarLocations(Resource... mappingJarLocations) {
        this.mappingJarLocations = mappingJarLocations;
    }

    /** * Set locations of directories that contain Hibernate mapping resources, * like "WEB-INF/mappings". * <p>Can be used to add to mappings from a Hibernate XML config file, * or to specify all mappings locally. * @see org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration#addDirectory(java.io.File) */
    public void setMappingDirectoryLocations(Resource... mappingDirectoryLocations) {
        this.mappingDirectoryLocations = mappingDirectoryLocations;
    }

    /** * Set a Hibernate entity interceptor that allows to inspect and change * property values before writing to and reading from the database. * Will get applied to any new Session created by this factory. * @see org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration#setInterceptor */
    public void setEntityInterceptor(Interceptor entityInterceptor) {
        this.entityInterceptor = entityInterceptor;
    }

    /** * Set a Hibernate NamingStrategy for the SessionFactory, determining the * physical column and table names given the info in the mapping document. * @see org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration#setNamingStrategy */
    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    public void setNamingStrategy(org.hibernate.cfg.NamingStrategy namingStrategy) {
        this.namingStrategy = namingStrategy;
    }

    /** * Set the Spring {@link org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager} * or the JTA {@link javax.transaction.TransactionManager} to be used with Hibernate, * if any. Implicitly sets up {@code JtaPlatform} and {@code CMTTransactionStrategy}. * @see LocalSessionFactoryBuilder#setJtaTransactionManager */
    public void setJtaTransactionManager(Object jtaTransactionManager) {
        this.jtaTransactionManager = jtaTransactionManager;
    }

    /** * Set a Hibernate 4.1/4.2/4.3 {@code MultiTenantConnectionProvider} to be passed * on to the SessionFactory: as an instance, a Class, or a String class name. * <p>Note that the package location of the {@code MultiTenantConnectionProvider} * interface changed between Hibernate 4.2 and 4.3. This method accepts both variants. * @since 4.0 * @see LocalSessionFactoryBuilder#setMultiTenantConnectionProvider */
    public void setMultiTenantConnectionProvider(Object multiTenantConnectionProvider) {
        this.multiTenantConnectionProvider = multiTenantConnectionProvider;
    }

    /** * Set a Hibernate 4.1/4.2/4.3 {@code CurrentTenantIdentifierResolver} to be passed * on to the SessionFactory: as an instance, a Class, or a String class name. * @since 4.0 * @see LocalSessionFactoryBuilder#setCurrentTenantIdentifierResolver */
    public void setCurrentTenantIdentifierResolver(Object currentTenantIdentifierResolver) {
        this.currentTenantIdentifierResolver = currentTenantIdentifierResolver;
    }

    /** * Set the Hibernate RegionFactory to use for the SessionFactory. * Allows for using a Spring-managed RegionFactory instance. * <p>Note: If this is set, the Hibernate settings should not define a * cache provider to avoid meaningless double configuration. * @since 4.0 * @see org.hibernate.cache.spi.RegionFactory * @see LocalSessionFactoryBuilder#setCacheRegionFactory */
    public void setCacheRegionFactory(RegionFactory cacheRegionFactory) {
        this.cacheRegionFactory = cacheRegionFactory;
    }

    /** * Specify custom type filters for Spring-based scanning for entity classes. * <p>Default is to search all specified packages for classes annotated with * {@code @javax.persistence.Entity}, {@code @javax.persistence.Embeddable} * or {@code @javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass}. * @since 4.1 * @see #setPackagesToScan */
    public void setEntityTypeFilters(TypeFilter... entityTypeFilters) {
        this.entityTypeFilters = entityTypeFilters;
    }

    /** * Set Hibernate properties, such as "hibernate.dialect". * <p>Note: Do not specify a transaction provider here when using * Spring-driven transactions. It is also advisable to omit connection * provider settings and use a Spring-set DataSource instead. * @see #setDataSource */
    public void setHibernateProperties(Properties hibernateProperties) {
        this.hibernateProperties = hibernateProperties;
    }

    /** * Return the Hibernate properties, if any. Mainly available for * configuration through property paths that specify individual keys. */
    public Properties getHibernateProperties() {
        if (this.hibernateProperties == null) {
            this.hibernateProperties = new Properties();
        }
        return this.hibernateProperties;
    }

    /** * Specify annotated entity classes to register with this Hibernate SessionFactory. * @see org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration#addAnnotatedClass(Class) */
    public void setAnnotatedClasses(Class<?>... annotatedClasses) {
        this.annotatedClasses = annotatedClasses;
    }

    /** * Specify the names of annotated packages, for which package-level * annotation metadata will be read. * @see org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration#addPackage(String) */
    public void setAnnotatedPackages(String... annotatedPackages) {
        this.annotatedPackages = annotatedPackages;
    }

    /** * Specify packages to search for autodetection of your entity classes in the * classpath. This is analogous to Spring's component-scan feature * ({@link org.springframework.context.annotation.ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner}). */
    public void setPackagesToScan(String... packagesToScan) {
        this.packagesToScan = packagesToScan;
    }

    @Override
    public void setResourceLoader(ResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
        this.resourcePatternResolver = ResourcePatternUtils.getResourcePatternResolver(resourceLoader);
    }


    @Override
    public void afterPropertiesSet() throws IOException {
        LocalSessionFactoryBuilder sfb = new LocalSessionFactoryBuilder(this.dataSource, this.resourcePatternResolver);

        if (this.configLocations != null) {
            for (Resource resource : this.configLocations) {
                // Load Hibernate configuration from given location.
                sfb.configure(resource.getURL());
            }
        }

        if (this.mappingResources != null) {
            // Register given Hibernate mapping definitions, contained in resource files.
            for (String mapping : this.mappingResources) {
                Resource mr = new ClassPathResource(mapping.trim(), this.resourcePatternResolver.getClassLoader());
                sfb.addInputStream(mr.getInputStream());
            }
        }

        if (this.mappingLocations != null) {
            // Register given Hibernate mapping definitions, contained in resource files.
            for (Resource resource : this.mappingLocations) {
                sfb.addInputStream(resource.getInputStream());
            }
        }

        if (this.cacheableMappingLocations != null) {
            // Register given cacheable Hibernate mapping definitions, read from the file system.
            for (Resource resource : this.cacheableMappingLocations) {
                sfb.addCacheableFile(resource.getFile());
            }
        }

        if (this.mappingJarLocations != null) {
            // Register given Hibernate mapping definitions, contained in jar files.
            for (Resource resource : this.mappingJarLocations) {
                sfb.addJar(resource.getFile());
            }
        }

        if (this.mappingDirectoryLocations != null) {
            // Register all Hibernate mapping definitions in the given directories.
            for (Resource resource : this.mappingDirectoryLocations) {
                File file = resource.getFile();
                if (!file.isDirectory()) {
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                            "Mapping directory location [" + resource + "] does not denote a directory");
                }
                sfb.addDirectory(file);
            }
        }

        if (this.entityInterceptor != null) {
            sfb.setInterceptor(this.entityInterceptor);
        }

        if (this.namingStrategy != null) {
            sfb.setNamingStrategy(this.namingStrategy);
        }

        if (this.jtaTransactionManager != null) {
            sfb.setJtaTransactionManager(this.jtaTransactionManager);
        }

        if (this.multiTenantConnectionProvider != null) {
            sfb.setMultiTenantConnectionProvider(this.multiTenantConnectionProvider);
        }

        if (this.currentTenantIdentifierResolver != null) {
            sfb.setCurrentTenantIdentifierResolver(this.currentTenantIdentifierResolver);
        }

        if (this.cacheRegionFactory != null) {
            sfb.setCacheRegionFactory(this.cacheRegionFactory);
        }

        if (this.entityTypeFilters != null) {
            sfb.setEntityTypeFilters(this.entityTypeFilters);
        }

        if (this.hibernateProperties != null) {
            sfb.addProperties(this.hibernateProperties);
        }

        if (this.annotatedClasses != null) {
            sfb.addAnnotatedClasses(this.annotatedClasses);
        }

        if (this.annotatedPackages != null) {
            sfb.addPackages(this.annotatedPackages);
        }

        if (this.packagesToScan != null) {
            sfb.scanPackages(this.packagesToScan);
        }

        // Build SessionFactory instance.
        this.configuration = sfb;
        this.sessionFactory = buildSessionFactory(sfb);
    }

    /** * Subclasses can override this method to perform custom initialization * of the SessionFactory instance, creating it via the given Configuration * object that got prepared by this LocalSessionFactoryBean. * <p>The default implementation invokes LocalSessionFactoryBuilder's buildSessionFactory. * A custom implementation could prepare the instance in a specific way (e.g. applying * a custom ServiceRegistry) or use a custom SessionFactoryImpl subclass. * @param sfb LocalSessionFactoryBuilder prepared by this LocalSessionFactoryBean * @return the SessionFactory instance * @see LocalSessionFactoryBuilder#buildSessionFactory */
    protected SessionFactory buildSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBuilder sfb) {
        return sfb.buildSessionFactory();
    }

    /** * Return the Hibernate Configuration object used to build the SessionFactory. * Allows for access to configuration metadata stored there (rarely needed). * @throws IllegalStateException if the Configuration object has not been initialized yet */
    public final Configuration getConfiguration() {
        if (this.configuration == null) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Configuration not initialized yet");
        }
        return this.configuration;
    }


    @Override
    public SessionFactory getObject() {
        return this.sessionFactory;
    }

    @Override
    public Class<?> getObjectType() {
        return (this.sessionFactory != null ? this.sessionFactory.getClass() : SessionFactory.class);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isSingleton() {
        return true;
    }


    @Override
    public void destroy() {
        this.sessionFactory.close();
    }

}