Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2012 The Kuali Foundation. * * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.util.Properties; public class Main { public static Connection connectToDatabase(String propertiesFileName) throws Exception { Properties dbProps = new Properties(); Properties dumpProps = new Properties(); dbProps.load(new FileInputStream(propertiesFileName)); dumpProps.load(new FileInputStream(propertiesFileName)); System.out.println("Database Properties"); dumpProps.remove("password"); dumpProps.list(System.out); System.out.println("Loading Driver"); Class.forName(dbProps.getProperty("dbDriver")); System.out.println("Connecting to Database..."); Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(dbProps.getProperty("dbURL"), dbProps); System.out.println("Connected"); return con; } }