Net.sf.cglib.core.CodeGenerationException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException-->null

Pessoal,

pesquisei antes mas não encontrei nada que pudesse clarear o problema que estou tendo. Basicamente estou tentando startar uma aplicação JavaFX c/ hibernate utilizando os wizards do NB 7.2. Em tese, nenhuma lib está faltando, pois foram adicionadas pelo wizard.

Meu hibernate.cfg.xml segue aí:

<?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>
    <property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect</property>
    <property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</property>
    <property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:mysql://10.15.246.29:3306/supramcm</property>
    <property name="hibernate.connection.username">root</property>
    <property name="hibernate.connection.password">root</property>
    
    <mapping class="pkgloja.Loja" />
  </session-factory>
</hibernate-configuration>

A classe HibernateUtil

public class HibernateUtil {

  private static final SessionFactory sessionFactory;
  private static final ThreadLocal<Session> threadLocal = new ThreadLocal<Session>();
  
  static {
    try {
      // Create the SessionFactory from standard (hibernate.cfg.xml) config file.
      sessionFactory = new AnnotationConfiguration().configure("hibernate.cfg.xml").buildSessionFactory(); // Erro ocorre AQUI
    } catch (Throwable ex) {
      // Log the exception. 
      System.err.println("Falha na criação do Initial SessionFactory: " + ex);
      throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(ex);
    }
  }
  
  public static Session getInstance() {
    Session session = (Session)threadLocal.get();
    session = sessionFactory.openSession();
    threadLocal.set(session);
    return session;
  }
}

Informações: building session factory
Falha na criação do Initial SessionFactory: net.sf.cglib.core.CodeGenerationException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException-->null
Exception in Application start method
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
	at com.javafx.main.Main.launchApp(Main.java:486)
	at com.javafx.main.Main.main(Main.java:638)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application start method
	at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.access$000(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
	at pkghibernate.HibernateUtil.<clinit>(HibernateUtil.java:24)
	at loja.Loja.start(Loja.java:30)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$5.run(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$4.run(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$3.run(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
	at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.access$100(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication$2$1.run(Unknown Source)
	... 1 more

Alguém pode ajudar?

Estou com o mesmíssimo problema: JavaFX, Hibernate e “.net.sf.cglib.core.CodeGenerationException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException–>null”. Se você tiver encontrado a solução (creio que já tenha), por favor poste aí! Valeu.