Hibernate - NullPointer ao executar metodo

Olá pessoal!
Tenho um problema com o hibernate…
Tenho um método que recebe um codigo como parametro e busca as informações referentes ao codigo inserido.
So que quando rodo o aplicativo e coloco o metodo a rodar recebo um NullPointerException bem na abertura da SessionFactory…
O metodo e o stack estão abaixo!
A aplicação é desktop e criada no NetBeans

Abraços!

Metodo

public static Param retrieve(int pk) throws Exception{ Session session = sessionFactory.openSession(); Transaction tx = session.beginTransaction(); Param param = (Param)session.load(Param.class, pk); session.flush(); tx.commit(); session.close(); return param; }

Stack

java.lang.NullPointerException at br.com.roglio.controller.ParamDAO.retrieve(ParamDAO.java:73) at br.com.roglio.gui.ParametrosGui.procuraRegistro(ParametrosGui.java:623) at br.com.roglio.gui.ParametrosGui.formWindowOpened(ParametrosGui.java:558) at br.com.roglio.gui.ParametrosGui.access$000(ParametrosGui.java:17) at br.com.roglio.gui.ParametrosGui$1.windowOpened(ParametrosGui.java:109) at java.awt.Window.processWindowEvent(Window.java:1187) at javax.swing.JFrame.processWindowEvent(JFrame.java:266) at java.awt.Window.processEvent(Window.java:1148) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3955) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2024) at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:1774) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3803) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:463) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:242) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:163) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:157) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:149) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:110) java.lang.ThreadDeath at java.lang.Thread.stop(Thread.java:698) at java.lang.ThreadGroup.stopOrSuspend(ThreadGroup.java:671) at java.lang.ThreadGroup.stop(ThreadGroup.java:584) at org.netbeans.core.execution.DefaultSysProcess.stop(DefaultSysProcess.java:54) at org.netbeans.core.execution.ProcessNodeItem$1.stop(ProcessNodeItem.java:41) at org.netbeans.core.execution.ProcessNodeItem$TerminateProcessAction.performAction(ProcessNodeItem.java:69) at org.openide.util.actions.NodeAction$3.run(NodeAction.java:531) at org.netbeans.modules.openide.util.ActionsBridge.doPerformAction(ActionsBridge.java:47) at org.openide.util.actions.NodeAction$DelegateAction.actionPerformed(NodeAction.java:527) at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1849) at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2169) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:420) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:258) at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:302) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1000) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1041) at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:5488) at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3126) at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5253) at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:1966) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3955) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2024) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3803) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4212) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:3892) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:3822) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2010) at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:1774) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3803) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:463) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:242) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:163) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:157) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:149) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:110) BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 53 seconds)