init()

I recently deployed a program http://www.netbeans.org/kb/61/web/hibernate-vwp.html#01 in a pakage containing *.hbm.xml's and backing beans a HibernateUTIL.java class was

created.

in the IDE the table describes proper primatives that populate colm and rows. yet
(deployed) a table displays column headers in browser with no data.

an exception states HibernateUTIL

System Messages

    * java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class travel.HibernateUtil

The web.xml states

<init-param>
            <param-name>hibernatetravelapp.HibernateUtil</param-name>
            <param-value>hibernatetravelapp.HibernateUtil</param-value>
        </init-param>

as far as i know th HibernateUTIL.class uses the hibernate.cfg.xml which is found in sister package containing all the beans (in

Source packages forlder0

Is there a clue contained here to resolve the initiation of the hibernateUTIL.java?
Thanks
-Steve

This is just the web.xml in its entirety.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" 

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 

xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee 

http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
        <param-value>client</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>com.sun.faces.validateXml</param-name>
        <param-value>true</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>com.sun.faces.verifyObjects</param-name>
        <param-value>false</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <filter>
        <filter-name>UploadFilter</filter-name>
        <filter-class>com.sun.webui.jsf.util.UploadFilter</filter-class>
        <init-param>
            <description>The maximum allowed upload size in bytes.  If this is set to a 

negative value, there is no maximum.  The default value is 1000000.</description>
            <param-name>maxSize</param-name>
            <param-value>1000000</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <description>The size (in bytes) of an uploaded file which, if it is exceeded, 

will cause the file to be written directly to disk instead of stored in memory.  Files 

smaller than or equal to this size will be stored in memory.  The default value is 

4096.</description>
            <param-name>sizeThreshold</param-name>
            <param-value>4096</param-value>
        </init-param>
    </filter>
    <filter-mapping>
        <filter-name>UploadFilter</filter-name>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    </filter-mapping>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>javax.faces.LIFECYCLE_ID</param-name>
            <param-value>com.sun.faces.lifecycle.PARTIAL</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>hibernatetravelapp.HibernateUtil</param-name>
            <param-value>hibernatetravelapp.HibernateUtil</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>ExceptionHandlerServlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>com.sun.errorhandler.ExceptionHandler</servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>errorHost</param-name>
            <param-value>localhost</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>errorPort</param-name>
            <param-value>24444</param-value>
        </init-param>
    </servlet>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>ThemeServlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>com.sun.webui.theme.ThemeServlet</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>ExceptionHandlerServlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/error/ExceptionHandler</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>ThemeServlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/theme/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <session-config>
        <session-timeout>
            30
        </session-timeout>
    </session-config>
    <welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>faces/Page1.jsp</welcome-file>
        </welcome-file-list>
    <error-page>
        <exception-type>javax.servlet.ServletException</exception-type>
        <location>/error/ExceptionHandler</location>
    </error-page>
    <error-page>
        <exception-type>java.io.IOException</exception-type>
        <location>/error/ExceptionHandler</location>
    </error-page>
    <error-page>
        <exception-type>javax.faces.FacesException</exception-type>
        <location>/error/ExceptionHandler</location>
    </error-page>
    <error-page>
        <exception-type>com.sun.rave.web.ui.appbase.ApplicationException</exception-type>
        <location>/error/ExceptionHandler</location>
    </error-page>
    <jsp-config>
        <jsp-property-group>
            <url-pattern>*.jspf</url-pattern>
            <is-xml>true</is-xml>
        </jsp-property-group>
        </jsp-config>
    <resource-ref>
        <description>Visual Web generated DataSource Reference</description>
        <res-ref-name>jdbc/TRAVEL_ApacheDerby</res-ref-name>
        <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
        <res-auth>Container</res-auth>
    </resource-ref>
    </web-app>