2 Getting Started
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2.1 Getting started
2.1.1 Installation
To use MyBatis you just need to include the mybatis-x.x.x.jar file in the classpath.
If you are using Maven just add the following dependency to your pom.xml:

<dependency>
 <groupId>org.mybatis</groupId>
 <artifactId>mybatis</artifactId>
 <version>x.x.x</version>
</dependency>

2.1.2 Building SqlSessionFactory from XML
Every MyBatis application centers around an instance of SqlSessionFactory. A SqlSessionFactory
instance can be acquired by using the SqlSessionFactoryBuilder. SqlSessionFactoryBuilder can build
a SqlSessionFactory instance from an XML configuration file, or from a custom prepared instance of
the Configuration class.
Building a SqlSessionFactory instance from an XML file is very simple. It is recommended that you
use a classpath resource for this configuration, but you could use any InputStream instance, including
one created from a literal file path or a file:// URL. MyBatis includes a utility class, called Resources,
that contains a number of methods that make it simpler to load resources from the classpath and other
locations