Session session = factory.openSession();
Transaction tx = null;
try {
  tx = session.beginTransaction();
  // do some work
  ...
  tx.commit();
}
catch (Exception e) {
  if (tx!=null) tx.rollback();
  e.printStackTrace(); 
}finally {
  session.close();
}

public class Employee {
  private int id;
  private String firstName; 
  private String lastName;  
  private int salary; 

  public Employee() {}
  public Employee(String fname, String lname, int salary) {
   this.firstName = fname;
   this.lastName = lname;
   this.salary = salary;
  }
  public int getId() {
   return id;
  }
  public void setId( int id ) {
   this.id = id;
  }
  public String getFirstName() {
   return firstName;
  }
  public void setFirstName( String first_name ) {
   this.firstName = first_name;
  }
  public String getLastName() {
   return lastName;
  }
  public void setLastName( String last_name ) {
   this.lastName = last_name;
  }
  public int getSalary() {
   return salary;
  }
  public void setSalary( int salary ) {
   this.salary = salary;
  }
}