Driver
public
interface
Driver
| java.sql.Driver |
The interface that every driver class must implement.
The Java SQL framework allows for multiple database drivers.
Each driver should supply a class that implements the Driver interface.
The DriverManager will try to load as many drivers as it can find and then for any given connection request, it will ask each driver in turn to try to connect to the target URL.
It is strongly recommended that each Driver class should be small and standalone so that the Driver class can be loaded and queried without bringing in vast quantities of supporting code.
When a Driver class is loaded, it should create an instance of itself and register it with the DriverManager. This means that a user can load and register a driver by calling
Class.forName("foo.bah.Driver")
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Summary
Public methods | |
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abstract
boolean
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acceptsURL(String url)
Retrieves whether the driver thinks that it can open a connection to the given URL. |
abstract
Connection
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connect(String url, Properties info)
Attempts to make a database connection to the given URL. |
abstract
int
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getMajorVersion()
Retrieves the driver's major version number. |
abstract
int
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getMinorVersion()
Gets the driver's minor version number. |
abstract
DriverPropertyInfo[]
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getPropertyInfo(String url, Properties info)
Gets information about the possible properties for this driver. |
abstract
boolean
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jdbcCompliant()
Reports whether this driver is a genuine JDBC CompliantTM driver. |
Public methods
acceptsURL
public abstract boolean acceptsURL (String url)
Retrieves whether the driver thinks that it can open a connection
to the given URL. Typically drivers will return true if they
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