JDBC Utility Class for Managing MySQL Database Connections in Java

• 2021-06-20
• #DBConnection #Java #JDBC #MySQL


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This Java class DBConnection is a utility class designed to manage a database connection to a MySQL database using JDBC (Java Database Connectivity). This places the class in the com.mickeymuller.util package, indicating it's a utility helper class. These import essential JDBC classes: Connection: Represents a connection to the database. DriverManager: Handles creating connections to a database. SQLException: Exception thrown for database-related errors. This declares a public utility class called DBConnection. These are connection parameters: URL: Full JDBC URL to the local MySQL database mickeymuller_java. USER: MySQL username. PASSWORD: MySQL password. This is a static method, so it can be called without creating an object. It uses DriverManager.getConnection(...) to establish a database connection and returns a Connection object. It throws SQLException if connection fails. You can use this utility class whenever you want to get a connection to the MySQL database in your application. Important Note Don't hard-code your database password ("password") in production. Instead: Use environment variables Use encrypted secrets (e.g., via AWS Secrets Manager, Spring Vault, etc.)

package com.mickeymuller.util;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class DBConnection {
    private static final String URL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mickeymuller_java?useSSL=false&serverTimezone=UTC&allowPublicKeyRetrieval=true";
    private static final String USER = "root";
    private static final String PASSWORD = "password";

    public static Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
        return DriverManager.getConnection(URL, USER, PASSWORD);
    }

}
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import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import com.mickeymuller.util.DBConnection;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try (Connection conn = DBConnection.getConnection()) {
            System.out.println("? Database connected successfully!");

            Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
            ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM users"); // assuming a table named `users`

            while (rs.next()) {
                System.out.println("User ID: " + rs.getInt("id"));
                System.out.println("Username: " + rs.getString("username"));
            }

        } catch (SQLException e) {
            System.err.println("? Database connection failed: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

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