Hibernate util

package com.tarena.util;

import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;

public class HibernateUtil {
 
 private static SessionFactory sf;
 private static final ThreadLocal<Session> localSession = new ThreadLocal<Session>();
 
 static{
  Configuration conf = new Configuration();
  conf.configure("hibernate.cfg.xml");
  sf = conf.buildSessionFactory();
 }

 public static Session getSession(){
  Session session = (Session) localSession.get();
  if (session == null) {
   session = sf.openSession();
   threadLocal.set(session);
  }
        return session;
 }
 public static Session getSession(){
  Session session = (Session) threadLocal.get();
        threadLocal.set(null);
        if (session != null) {
            session.close();
        }
 }
}