Class DriverManager

java.lang.Object
java.sql.DriverManager
public class DriverManager extends Object
The basic service for managing a set of JDBC drivers.

NOTE: The DataSource interface, 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.

As part of its initialization, the DriverManager class will attempt to load available JDBC drivers by using:

  • The jdbc.drivers system property which contains a colon separated list of fully qualified class names of JDBC drivers. Each driver is loaded using the system class loader:
    • jdbc.drivers=foo.bah.Driver:wombat.sql.Driver:bad.taste.ourDriver
  • Service providers of the java.sql.Driver class, that are loaded via the service-provider loading mechanism.
Implementation Note:
DriverManager initialization is done lazily and looks up service providers using the thread context class loader. The drivers loaded and available to an application will depend on the thread context class loader of the thread that triggers driver initialization by DriverManager.

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 class loader as the current application.

Since:
1.1
See Also:

Method Summary

Modifier and Type Method Description
static void deregisterDriver(Driver driver)
Removes the specified driver from the DriverManager's list of registered drivers.
static Stream<Driver> drivers()
Retrieves a Stream with all of the currently loaded JDBC drivers to which the current caller has access.
static Connection getConnection(String url)
Attempts to establish a connection to the given database URL.
static Connection getConnection(String url, String user, String password)
Attempts to establish a connection to the given database URL.
static Connection getConnection(String url, Properties info)
Attempts to establish a connection to the given database URL.
static Driver getDriver(String url)
Attempts to locate a driver that understands the given URL.
static Enumeration<Driver> getDrivers()
Retrieves an Enumeration with all of the currently loaded JDBC drivers to which the current caller has access.
static int getLoginTimeout()
Gets the maximum time in seconds that a driver can wait when attempting to log in to a database.
static PrintStream getLogStream()
Deprecated.
Use getLogWriter
static PrintWriter getLogWriter()
Retrieves the log writer.
static void println(String message)
Prints a message to the current JDBC log stream.
static void registerDriver(Driver driver)
Registers the given driver with the DriverManager.
static void registerDriver(Driver driver, DriverAction da)
Registers the given driver with the DriverManager.
static void setLoginTimeout(int seconds)
Sets the maximum time in seconds that a driver will wait while attempting to connect to a database once the driver has been identified.
static void setLogStream(PrintStream out)
Deprecated.
Use setLogWriter
static void setLogWriter(PrintWriter out)
Sets the logging/tracing PrintWriter object that is used by the DriverManager and all drivers.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getLogWriter

public static PrintWriter getLogWriter()
Retrieves the log writer. The getLogWriter and setLogWriter methods should be used instead of the get/setlogStream methods, which are deprecated.
Returns:
a java.io.PrintWriter object
Since:
1.2
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setLogWriter

public static void setLogWriter(PrintWriter out)
Sets the logging/tracing PrintWriter object that is used by the DriverManager and all drivers.

If a security manager exists, its checkPermission method is first called with a SQLPermission("setLog") permission to check that the caller is allowed to call setLogWriter.

Parameters:
out - the new logging/tracing PrintStream object; null to disable logging and tracing
Throws:
SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its checkPermission method denies permission to set the log writer.
Since:
1.2
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getConnection

public static Connection getConnection(String url, Properties info) 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.

Note: If a property is specified as part of the url and is also specified in the Properties object, it is implementation-defined as to which value will take precedence. For maximum portability, an application should only specify a property once.

Parameters:
url - a database url of the form jdbc:subprotocol:subname
info - a list of arbitrary string tag/value pairs as connection arguments; normally at least a "user" and "password" property should be included
Returns:
a Connection to the URL
Throws:
SQLException - if a database access error occurs or the url is null
SQLTimeoutException - when the driver has determined that the timeout value specified by the setLoginTimeout method has been exceeded and has at least tried to cancel the current database connection attempt

getConnection

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.

Note: If the user or password property are also specified as part of the url, it is implementation-defined as to which value will take precedence. For maximum portability, an application should only specify a property once.

Parameters:
url - a database url of the form jdbc:subprotocol:subname
user - the database user on whose behalf the connection is being made
password - the user's password
Returns:
a connection to the URL
Throws:
SQLException - if a database access error occurs or the url is null
SQLTimeoutException - when the driver has determined that the timeout value specified by the setLoginTimeout method has been exceeded and has at least tried to cancel the current database connection attempt

getConnection

public static Connection getConnection(String url) 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.
Parameters:
url - a database url of the form jdbc:subprotocol:subname
Returns:
a connection to the URL
Throws:
SQLException - if a database access error occurs or the url is null
SQLTimeoutException - when the driver has determined that the timeout value specified by the setLoginTimeout method has been exceeded and has at least tried to cancel the current database connection attempt

getDriver

public static Driver getDriver(String url) throws SQLException
Attempts to locate a driver that understands the given URL. The DriverManager attempts to select an appropriate driver from the set of registered JDBC drivers.
Parameters:
url - a database URL of the form jdbc:subprotocol:subname
Returns:
a Driver object representing a driver that can connect to the given URL
Throws:
SQLException - if a database access error occurs

registerDriver

public static void registerDriver(Driver driver) throws SQLException
Registers the given driver with the DriverManager. A newly-loaded driver class should call the method registerDriver to make itself known to the DriverManager. If the driver is currently registered, no action is taken.
Parameters:
driver - the new JDBC Driver that is to be registered with the DriverManager
Throws:
SQLException - if a database access error occurs
NullPointerException - if driver is null

registerDriver

public static void registerDriver(Driver driver, DriverAction da) throws SQLException
Registers the given driver with the DriverManager. A newly-loaded driver class should call the method registerDriver to make itself known to the DriverManager. If the driver is currently registered, no action is taken.
Parameters:
driver - the new JDBC Driver that is to be registered with the DriverManager
da - the DriverAction implementation to be used when DriverManager#deregisterDriver is called
Throws:
SQLException - if a database access error occurs
NullPointerException - if driver is null
Since:
1.8

deregisterDriver

public static void deregisterDriver(Driver driver) throws SQLException
Removes the specified driver from the DriverManager's list of registered drivers.

If a null value is specified for the driver to be removed, then no action is taken.

If a security manager exists, its checkPermission method is first called with a SQLPermission("deregisterDriver") permission to check that the caller is allowed to deregister a JDBC Driver.

If the specified driver is not found in the list of registered drivers, then no action is taken. If the driver was found, it will be removed from the list of registered drivers.

If a DriverAction instance was specified when the JDBC driver was registered, its deregister method will be called prior to the driver being removed from the list of registered drivers.

Parameters:
driver - the JDBC Driver to remove
Throws:
SQLException - if a database access error occurs
SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its checkPermission method denies permission to deregister a driver.
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getDrivers

public static Enumeration<Driver> getDrivers()
Retrieves an Enumeration with all of the currently loaded JDBC drivers to which the current caller has access.

Note: The classname of a driver can be found using d.getClass().getName()

Returns:
the list of JDBC Drivers loaded by the caller's class loader
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drivers

public static Stream<Driver> drivers()
Retrieves a Stream with all of the currently loaded JDBC drivers to which the current caller has access.
Returns:
the stream of JDBC Drivers loaded by the caller's class loader
Since:
9

setLoginTimeout

public static void setLoginTimeout(int seconds)
Sets the maximum time in seconds that a driver will wait while attempting to connect to a database once the driver has been identified.
Parameters:
seconds - the login time limit in seconds; zero means there is no limit
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getLoginTimeout

public static int getLoginTimeout()
Gets the maximum time in seconds that a driver can wait when attempting to log in to a database.
Returns:
the driver login time limit in seconds
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setLogStream

@Deprecated(since="1.2") public static void setLogStream(PrintStream out)
Deprecated.
Use setLogWriter
Sets the logging/tracing PrintStream that is used by the DriverManager and all drivers.

If a security manager exists, its checkPermission method is first called with a SQLPermission("setLog") permission to check that the caller is allowed to call setLogStream.

Parameters:
out - the new logging/tracing PrintStream; to disable, set to null
Throws:
SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its checkPermission method denies permission to set the log stream.
See Also:

getLogStream

@Deprecated(since="1.2") public static PrintStream getLogStream()
Deprecated.
Use getLogWriter
Retrieves the logging/tracing PrintStream that is used by the DriverManager and all drivers.
Returns:
the logging/tracing PrintStream; if disabled, is null
See Also:

println

public static void println(String message)
Prints a message to the current JDBC log stream.
Parameters:
message - a log or tracing message

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