TestDB.java Source code

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/*
   This program is a part of the companion code for Core Java 8th ed.
   (http://horstmann.com/corejava)

   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

import java.sql.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

/**
 * This program tests that the database and the JDBC driver are correctly configured.
 * @version 1.01 2004-09-24
 * @author Cay Horstmann
 */
class TestDB
{
   public static void main(String args[])
   {
      try
      {
         runTest();
      }
      catch (SQLException ex)
      {
         for (Throwable t : ex)
            t.printStackTrace();
      }
      catch (IOException ex)
      {
         ex.printStackTrace();
      }
   }

   /**
    * Runs a test by creating a table, adding a value, showing the table contents, and removing the
    * table.
    */
   public static void runTest() throws SQLException, IOException
   {
      Connection conn = getConnection();
      try
      {
         Statement stat = conn.createStatement();

         stat.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE Greetings (Message CHAR(20))");
         stat.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO Greetings VALUES ('Hello, World!')");

         ResultSet result = stat.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM Greetings");
         if (result.next())
            System.out.println(result.getString(1));
         result.close();
         stat.executeUpdate("DROP TABLE Greetings");
      }
      finally
      {
         conn.close();
      }
   }

   /**
    * Gets a connection from the properties specified in the file database.properties
    * @return the database connection
    */
   public static Connection getConnection() throws SQLException, IOException
   {
      Properties props = new Properties();
      FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream("database.properties");
      props.load(in);
      in.close();

      String drivers = props.getProperty("jdbc.drivers");
      if (drivers != null) System.setProperty("jdbc.drivers", drivers);
      String url = props.getProperty("jdbc.url");
      String username = props.getProperty("jdbc.username");
      String password = props.getProperty("jdbc.password");

      return DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
   }
}


//File: database.properties
#jdbc.drivers=org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver
jdbc.url=jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/COREJAVA;create=true
jdbc.username=dbuser
jdbc.password=secret