public class DriverManager extends Object
The basic service for managing a set of JDBC drivers.
NOTE: The DataSource
interface, new in the JDBC 2.0 API, provides another way to connect to a data source. The use of a DataSource
object is the preferred means of connecting to a data source.html
As part of its initialization, the DriverManager
class will attempt to load the driver classes referenced in the "jdbc.drivers" system property. This allows a user to customize the JDBC Drivers used by their applications. For example in your ~/.hotjava/properties file you might specify:java
jdbc.drivers=foo.bah.Driver:wombat.sql.Driver:bad.taste.ourDriver
The DriverManager
methods getConnection
and getDrivers
have been enhanced to support the Java Standard Edition Service Provider mechanism. JDBC 4.0 Drivers must include the file META-INF/services/java.sql.Driver
. This file contains the name of the JDBC drivers implementation of java.sql.Driver
. For example, to load the my.sql.Driver
class, the META-INF/services/java.sql.Driver
file would contain the entry:sql
my.sql.Driver
Applications no longer need to explictly load JDBC drivers using Class.forName()
. Existing programs which currently load JDBC drivers using Class.forName()
will continue to work without modification.api
When the method getConnection
is called, the DriverManager
will attempt to locate a suitable driver from amongst those loaded at initialization and those loaded explicitly using the same classloader as the current applet or application.oracle
Starting with the Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, version 1.3, a logging stream can be set only if the proper permission has been granted. Normally this will be done with the tool PolicyTool, which can be used to grant permission java.sql.SQLPermission "setLog"
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public static Connection getConnection(String url, String user, String password) throws SQLException
Attempts to establish a connection to the given database URL. The DriverManager
attempts to select an appropriate driver from the set of registered JDBC drivers.ide
Parameters:ui
url
- a database url of the form jdbc:subprotocol:subname
this
user
- the database user on whose behalf the connection is being madeurl
password
- the user's password
Returns:
a connection to the URL
Throws:
SQLException
- if a database access error occurs