diff --git a/org.springframework.orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/SessionFactoryBuilderSupport.java b/org.springframework.orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/SessionFactoryBuilderSupport.java
index 62522bcffd..c7c82d394c 100644
--- a/org.springframework.orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/SessionFactoryBuilderSupport.java
+++ b/org.springframework.orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/SessionFactoryBuilderSupport.java
@@ -497,6 +497,18 @@ public abstract class SessionFactoryBuilderSupport<This extends SessionFactoryBu
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Subclasses can override this method to perform custom initialization
+	 * of the Configuration instance used for SessionFactory creation.
+	 * The properties of this Builder will be applied to
+	 * the Configuration object that gets returned here.
+	 * <p>The default implementation creates a new Configuration instance.
+	 * A custom implementation could prepare the instance in a specific way,
+	 * or use a custom Configuration subclass.
+	 * @return the Configuration instance
+	 * @throws HibernateException in case of Hibernate initialization errors
+	 * @see org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration#Configuration()
+	 */
 	/**
 	 * Instantiate and return an instance of the {@link Configuration} class
 	 * type for this builder. Subclasses may override in order to customize
@@ -655,7 +667,7 @@ public abstract class SessionFactoryBuilderSupport<This extends SessionFactoryBu
 				new HibernateCallback<Object>() {
 					@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 					public Object doInHibernate(Session session) throws HibernateException, SQLException {
-						Dialect dialect = ((SessionFactoryImplementor) session.getSessionFactory()).getDialect();
+						Dialect dialect = ((SessionFactoryImplementor)session.getSessionFactory()).getDialect();
 						String[] sql = configuration.generateSchemaCreationScript(dialect);
 						executeSchemaScript(session.connection(), sql);
 						return null;
@@ -706,7 +718,7 @@ public abstract class SessionFactoryBuilderSupport<This extends SessionFactoryBu
 					public Void doInHibernate(Session session) throws HibernateException, SQLException {
 						@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 						Connection conn = session.connection();
-						Dialect dialect = ((SessionFactoryImplementor) session.getSessionFactory()).getDialect();
+						Dialect dialect = ((SessionFactoryImplementor)session.getSessionFactory()).getDialect();
 						DatabaseMetadata metadata = new DatabaseMetadata(conn, dialect);
 						String[] sql = configuration.generateSchemaUpdateScript(dialect, metadata);
 						executeSchemaScript(conn, sql);
@@ -756,7 +768,7 @@ public abstract class SessionFactoryBuilderSupport<This extends SessionFactoryBu
 				new HibernateCallback<Object>() {
 					@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 					public Object doInHibernate(Session session) throws HibernateException, SQLException {
-						Dialect dialect = ((SessionFactoryImplementor) session.getSessionFactory()).getDialect();
+						Dialect dialect = ((SessionFactoryImplementor)session.getSessionFactory()).getDialect();
 						DatabaseMetadata metadata = new DatabaseMetadata(session.connection(), dialect);
 						configuration.validateSchema(dialect, metadata);
 						return null;
@@ -798,7 +810,7 @@ public abstract class SessionFactoryBuilderSupport<This extends SessionFactoryBu
 			new HibernateCallback<Object>() {
 				@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 				public Void doInHibernate(Session session) throws HibernateException, SQLException {
-					Dialect dialect = ((SessionFactoryImplementor) session.getSessionFactory()).getDialect();
+					Dialect dialect = ((SessionFactoryImplementor)session.getSessionFactory()).getDialect();
 					String[] sql = configuration.generateDropSchemaScript(dialect);
 					executeSchemaScript(session.connection(), sql);
 					return null;