org.radrails.db.core
Class DatabaseConnector

java.lang.Object
  org.radrails.db.core.DatabaseConnector

public class DatabaseConnector

extends java.lang.Object

Class provides a method for getting a connection to a database.

Version:

0.3.0

Author:

mbaumbach

Method Summary

java.sql.Connection	getConnection(java.lang.Class driver, java.lang.String url, java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password) Gets a connection to a database.
static DatabaseConnector	getInstance() Gets an instance of this class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static DatabaseConnector getInstance()

Gets an instance of this class.

Returns:

A DatabaseConnector object.

getConnection

public java.sql.Connection getConnection(java.lang.Class driver,
                                         java.lang.String url,
                                         java.lang.String username,
                                         java.lang.String password)
                                  throws java.sql.SQLException,
                                         java.lang.InstantiationException,
                                         java.lang.IllegalAccessException

Gets a connection to a database.

Parameters:

driver - The driver class to use.

url - The URL to use to connect to the database.

username - The username to connect with.

password - The password to connect with.

Returns:

A java.sql.Connection to the database.

Throws:

java.sql.SQLException - If an error occurs while connecting to the database

java.lang.IllegalAccessException - If an error occurs while getting the driver class.

java.lang.InstantiationException - If the driver class cannot be instantiated.