...
    private class OrganizationsHandbookBinder {
    	OrganizationsHandbookBinder() {
    		sess = HibernateUtil.getMarksistSessionFactory().openSession();
    		sess.beginTransaction();
    		
    		OrganizationsHandbookList = (List)sess.createCriteria(OrganizationsHandbook.class).list();
    	    
    		//sess.getTransaction().commit();
    	    sess.close();
    	}
    }

...

   organizationsHandbookBinder = new OrganizationsHandbookBinder();
...

            for(Object organizationsHandbook : OrganizationsHandbookList) {
            	companies.addItem(((OrganizationsHandbook)organizationsHandbook).getOrgId() + " : " +
            			((OrganizationsHandbook)organizationsHandbook).getShortname());
            }
            companies.setFilteringMode(Filtering.FILTERINGMODE_STARTSWITH);        
            companies.setImmediate(true);        
            companies.setNullSelectionAllowed(false);

...
@Entity
@Table(name = "MARKSIST.NSI_ORG_ALL")
public class OrganizationsHandbook {
	@Id	
	@Column(name = "ORG_ID")
	private Integer orgId;
	@Column(name = "OKPO")
	private String okpo;
	@Column(name = "SHORTNAME")
	private String shortname;
	@Column(name = "RECDATEBEGIN")
	private String recdatebegin;
	@Column(name = "RECDATEEND")
	private String recdateend;
	/**
	 * @return
	 */
	public Integer getOrgId() {
		return orgId;
	}
	/**
	 * @param orgId 
	 */
	public void setOrgId(Integer orgId) {
		this.orgId = orgId;
	}
	/**
	 * @param okpo
	 */
	public void setOkpo(String okpo) {
		this.okpo = okpo;
	}
	/**
	 * @return 
	 */
	public String getOkpo() {
		return okpo;
	}
	/**
	 * @param recdatebegin
	 */
	public void setRecdatebegin(String recdatebegin) {
		this.recdatebegin = recdatebegin;
	}
	/**
	 * @return
	 */
	public String getRecdatebegin() {
		return recdatebegin;
	}
	/**
	 * @param shortname
	 */
	public void setShortname(String shortname) {
		this.shortname = shortname;
	}
	/**
	 * @return
	 */
	public String getShortname() {
		return shortname;
	}
	/**
	 * @param recdateend
	 */
	public void setRecdateend(String recdateend) {
		this.recdateend = recdateend;
	}
	/**
	 * @return
	 */
	public String getRecdateend() {
		return recdateend;
	}
}
...

...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC 
	"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"
	"http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
	
<hibernate-configuration>    
   <session-factory name="hibernateSessionFactory">
	  <property name="current_session_context_class">thread</property>  
	  
      <property name="connection.datasource">java:/comp/env/jdbc/oracle-9i-athletes</property>          
      <property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.OracleDialect</property>
      
      <property name="format_sql">true</property>  
      <property name="show_sql">true</property>
   </session-factory> 
</hibernate-configuration>
...

...

public class HibernateUtil {	
    private static final SessionFactory marksistSessionFactory;
    static {    	
    	try {
    		/////////////////////// MARKSIST ANNOTATED CLASSES ///////////////////////
    		
    		AnnotationConfiguration marksistAnnotationConfiguration = new AnnotationConfiguration();
    		marksistAnnotationConfiguration.addAnnotatedClass(com.intellex.marksist.application.BusFunction.class);
    		marksistAnnotationConfiguration.addAnnotatedClass(com.intellex.marksist.hbn.model.OrganizationsHandbook.class);
    		Configuration marksistConfiguration = marksistAnnotationConfiguration.configure("marksist.hibernate.cfg.xml");
    		marksistSessionFactory = marksistConfiguration.buildSessionFactory();
      } catch (Throwable ex) {    	  	
        	throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(ex);
      }
    }
    public static SessionFactory getMarksistSessionFactory() {
    	return marksistSessionFactory;
    }
}
...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context>
<!--Context antiJARLocking="true"
path="/ConnectionPooling">
<!- - set the JNDI Datasource -->


	<Resource name="jdbc/oracle-9i-athletes"
	auth="Container"
	type="javax.sql.DataSource"
	maxActive="10"
	maxIdle="20"
	maxWait="5000"
	username="..."
	password="..."
	driverClassName="oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver" 
	url="jdbc:oracle:thin:@......."/>	


    <!-- Default set of monitored resources -->
    <WatchedResource>WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource>

    <!-- Uncomment this to disable session persistence across Tomcat restarts -->
    <!--
    <Manager pathname="" />
    -->

    <!-- Uncomment this to enable Comet connection tacking (provides events
         on session expiration as well as webapp lifecycle) -->
    <!--
    <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.CometConnectionManagerValve" />
    -->

</Context>

FILTERINGMODE_STARTSWITH