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package util;

import com.beust.jcommander.JCommander;
import com.beust.jcommander.Parameter;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;
import org.json.simple.parser.ParseException;
import org.scribe.builder.ServiceBuilder;
import org.scribe.model.OAuthRequest;
import org.scribe.model.Response;
import org.scribe.model.Token;
import org.scribe.model.Verb;
import org.scribe.oauth.OAuthService;

/**
 *
 * @author uqgzhu1
 */
public class FoursquareAPI {
    private YelpAPI yelpApi = null;
    private static final String API_HOST = "api.foursquare.com";
    //private static final String DEFAULT_TERM = "dinner";
    //private static final String DEFAULT_LOCATION = "San Francisco, CA";
    private static final int SEARCH_LIMIT = 3;
    private static final String SEARCH_PATH = "/v2/venues/search";
    private static final String BUSINESS_PATH = "/v2/business";

    OAuthService service;
    Token accessToken;

    static final String FOURSQUARE_OAUTH_REQUEST_TOKEN = "http://foursquare.com/oauth/request_token";
    static final String FOURSQUARE_OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN = "http://foursquare.com/oauth/access_token";
    static final String FOURSQUARE_OAUTH_AUTHORIZE = "http://foursquare.com/oauth/authorize";
    private static final String CONSUMER_KEY = "SV5TE3OAE5CSFSPV4BH520SW2RPXCK24CARNTRTSCBEBMKGQ";
    private static final String CONSUMER_SECRET = "DNUHTOBW3XJGSLKRNH51GDUUJZCBWRB515X15QJGKHXHVBXK";
    private StringBuffer G_htp = new StringBuffer(
            "https://api.foursquare.com/v2/venues/search?client_id=SV5TE3OAE5CSFSPV4BH520SW2RPXCK24CARNTRTSCBEBMKGQ&client_secret=DNUHTOBW3XJGSLKRNH51GDUUJZCBWRB515X15QJGKHXHVBXK&v=20130815&ll=");
    private StringBuffer Google_htp = new StringBuffer(
            "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?sensor=true&");//-26.929948,142.401002

    //https://api.foursquare.com/v2/venues/search?client_id=SV5TE3OAE5CSFSPV4BH520SW2RPXCK24CARNTRTSCBEBMKGQ&client_secret=DNUHTOBW3XJGSLKRNH51GDUUJZCBWRB515X15QJGKHXHVBXK&v=20130815&ll=-36.4575,148.262222

    /*
     * Here the fullAddress String is in format like
     * "address,city,state,zipcode". Here address means "street number + route"
     * .
     */
    public double[] convertGoogleToLatLong(String CityStr, String Contry, String place_type) {
        int index = -1;
        double[] returnDouble = null;
        try {
            String fullAddress = CityStr;
            if (Contry != null)
                fullAddress += "," + Contry;
            URL url = new URL(Google_htp + "address=" + URLEncoder.encode(fullAddress, "UTF-8") + "&sensor=false");
            // Open the Connection
            //System.out.println(Google_htp + "address="+ URLEncoder.encode(fullAddress, "UTF-8") + "&sensor=false");
            URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
            URLConnection con = url.openConnection();
            //SSLException thrown here if server certificate is invalid

            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));

            StringBuffer inputBuffer = new StringBuffer();
            String input = null;
            String locality = null;
            int IsaCity = 0;
            while ((input = br.readLine()) != null && IsaCity == 0) {
                //inputBuffer.append(input);
                index = input.indexOf("types");
                if (index > 0) {
                    String tempStr[] = input.substring(index + 6).split(",");
                    if (tempStr[0].contains("locality")) //it is a city
                        IsaCity = 1;
                    else if (tempStr[0].contains("colloquial_area")) //it is a mixed concepts
                        IsaCity = 2;
                    else if (tempStr[0].contains("administrative_area_level_1")) //it is a state
                        IsaCity = 3;
                    else if (tempStr[0].contains("country")) //it is a country
                        IsaCity = 4;
                }
            } //end withile
            while ((input = br.readLine()) != null && IsaCity == 2) { //it is the mixed place, we need city
                index = input.indexOf("types");
                if (index > 0) {
                    String tempStr[] = input.substring(index + 6).split(",");
                    if (tempStr[0].contains("locality")) //it is a city
                        IsaCity = 1;
                    //                    else if (tempStr[0].contains("country"))  //it is a country
                    //                      IsaCity=1;
                }
            } //end withile
            index = -1;

            while ((input = br.readLine()) != null && index < 0) { //ignore mistaken
                index = input.indexOf("geometry"); //start geometry
                if (index > 0) {
                    int loc = 0;
                    returnDouble = new double[6];

                    while ((input = br.readLine()) != null && loc < 6) { //it is the mixed place, we need city                                                        
                        {
                            String tempStr[] = input.split(":");
                            if (tempStr.length < 2)
                                continue;
                            String tempStr1 = tempStr[1].replace(',', ' ');
                            if (tempStr[0].contains("lat"))
                                returnDouble[loc++] = Double.valueOf(tempStr1);
                            if (tempStr[0].contains("lng"))
                                returnDouble[loc++] = Double.valueOf(tempStr1);
                        }
                    } //end withile                    
                    index = 6;//==break;
                }
            } //end withile
            br.close();

            return returnDouble;//response.getBody();
        } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(FoursquareAPI.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(FoursquareAPI.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(FoursquareAPI.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }

        return null;
    }

    public FoursquareAPI() {
        //              yelpApi = new YelpAPI();
        //    this.accessToken = new Token(TOKEN, TOKEN_SECRET);
        try {
            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL, USER, PASS);
            stmt = conn.createStatement();
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
            System.err.println("mysql " + ex);
        } catch (SQLException ex) {
            System.err.println("stmt " + ex);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates and sends a request to the Search API by term and location.
     * <p>
     * See
     * <a href="http://www.yelp.com/developers/documentation/v2/search_api">Yelp
     * Search API V2</a>
     * for more info.
     *
     * @param term <tt>String</tt> of the search term to be queried
     * @param location <tt>String</tt> of the location
     * @return <tt>String</tt> JSON Response
     */
    public String searchForBusinessesByLocation(String term, String location) {
        OAuthRequest request = createOAuthRequest(SEARCH_PATH);
        request.addQuerystringParameter("term", term);
        request.addQuerystringParameter("location", location);
        request.addQuerystringParameter("limit", String.valueOf(SEARCH_LIMIT));
        return sendRequestAndGetResponse(request);
    }

    /**
     * Creates and sends a request to the Business API by business ID.
     * <p>
     * See
     * <a href="http://www.yelp.com/developers/documentation/v2/business">Yelp
     * Business API V2</a>
     * for more info.
     *
     * @param businessID <tt>String</tt> business ID of the requested business
     * @return <tt>String</tt> JSON Response
     */
    public String searchByBusinessId(String businessID) {
        OAuthRequest request = createOAuthRequest(BUSINESS_PATH + "/" + businessID);
        return sendRequestAndGetResponse(request);
    }

    /**
     * Creates and returns an {@link OAuthRequest} based on the API endpoint
     * specified.
     *
     * @param path API endpoint to be queried
     * @return <tt>OAuthRequest</tt>
     */
    private OAuthRequest createOAuthRequest(String path) {
        OAuthRequest request = new OAuthRequest(Verb.GET, "https://" + API_HOST + path);
        return request;
    }

    /**
     * Sends an {@link OAuthRequest} and returns the {@link Response} body.
     *
     * @param request {@link OAuthRequest} corresponding to the API request
     * @return <tt>String</tt> body of API response
     */
    private String sendRequestAndGetResponse(OAuthRequest request) {
        System.out.println("Querying " + request.getCompleteUrl() + " ...");
        //    this.service.signRequest(this.accessToken, request);
        Response response = request.send();
        return response.getBody();
    }

    /**
     * Queries the Search API based on the command line arguments and takes the
     * first result to query the Business API.
     *
     * @param yelpApi <tt>YelpAPI</tt> service instance
     * @param yelpApiCli <tt>YelpAPICLI</tt> command line arguments
     */
    /*
     private static void queryAPI(YelpAPI yelpApi, YelpAPICLI yelpApiCli) {
        
     String searchResponseJSON =
     yelpApi.searchForBusinessesByLocation(yelpApiCli.term, yelpApiCli.location);
        
     JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
     JSONObject response = null;
     try {
     response = (JSONObject) parser.parse(searchResponseJSON);
     } catch (ParseException pe) {
     System.out.println("Error: could not parse JSON response:");
     System.out.println(searchResponseJSON);
     System.exit(1);
     }
        
     JSONArray businesses = (JSONArray) response.get("businesses");
     JSONObject firstBusiness = (JSONObject) businesses.get(0);
     String firstBusinessID = firstBusiness.get("id").toString();
     System.out.println(String.format(
     "%s businesses found, querying business info for the top result \"%s\" ...",
     businesses.size(), firstBusinessID));
        
     // Select the first business and display business details
     String businessResponseJSON = yelpApi.searchByBusinessId(firstBusinessID.toString());
     System.out.println(String.format("Result for business \"%s\" found:", firstBusinessID));
     System.out.println(businessResponseJSON);
        
     }
     */
    /**
     * Command-line interface for the sample Yelp API runner.
     */
    /*private static class YelpAPICLI {
     //@Parameter(names = {"-q", "--term"}, description = "Search Query Term")
     //public String term = DEFAULT_TERM;
     //http://api.yelp.com/v2/search?term=german+food&location=Hayes&cll=37.77493,-122.419415
     //cll=latitude,longitude
     //@Parameter(names = {"-l", "--location"}, description = "Location to be Queried")
     @Parameter(names = {"-l", "--location"}, description = "Location to be Queried")
     public String location = DEFAULT_LOCATION;
     }
     */
    //http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=-9.56189,113.15437&sensor=true
    //http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?sensor=true&latlng=-26.929948,142.401002
    public JSONObject searchGoogleMap(String term, double latitude, double longitude) {
        try {
            //OAuthRequest request = new OAuthRequest(Verb.GET, "https://api.foursquare.com/v2/venues/search");
            int len = Google_htp.length();
            Google_htp.append("latlng=");
            Google_htp.append(latitude);
            Google_htp.append(',');
            Google_htp.append(longitude);
            int len1 = Google_htp.length();
            //String contents = java.net.URL();
            URL url = new URL(Google_htp.toString());
            Google_htp.delete(len, len1);
            URLConnection con = url.openConnection();

            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));

            String input = null;
            boolean Begin_City = false;
            int number = 0;
            JSONObject list1 = new JSONObject();
            StringBuffer SaveString = new StringBuffer();
            while ((input = br.readLine()) != null) {
                String[] tempS = input.split(":");
                if (Begin_City) {
                    if (tempS[0].contains("short_name")) {
                        SaveString.append(tempS[1].trim());
                    }
                    if (tempS[0].contains("types")) {
                        String tempType = tempS[1].trim();
                        if (tempType.length() < 3) {
                            if (tempS.length < 3) {
                                SaveString.setLength(0);
                                continue;
                            }
                            tempType = tempS[2].trim();
                        }
                        int loc = 1;
                        do {
                            loc = -1;
                            for (int i = 0; i < SaveString.length(); i++)
                                switch (SaveString.charAt(i)) {
                                case '\"':
                                case ',':
                                case ':':
                                    loc = i;
                                    break;
                                }

                            if (loc >= 0)
                                SaveString.delete(loc, loc + 1);
                        } while (loc >= 0);
                        if (tempType.contains("postal_code")) {
                            list1.put("post_code", SaveString.toString());
                            number++;
                        } else if (tempType.contains("administrative_area_level_1")) {
                            list1.put("state_code", SaveString.toString());
                            number++;
                        } else if (tempType.contains("country")) {
                            list1.put("country_code", SaveString.toString());
                            number++;
                        } else if (tempType.contains("locality")) {
                            list1.put("city_name", SaveString.toString());
                            number++;
                        }
                        //              else
                        //              System.out.println(tempType+":"+SaveString.toString());
                        SaveString.setLength(0);
                    }
                }
                if (tempS[0].contains("address_components")) {
                    if (Begin_City)
                        break;
                    Begin_City = true;
                }
            }
            br.close();

            return list1;
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(FoursquareAPI.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        return null;
    }

    public JSONObject search4Square(String term, double latitude, double longitude) {
        try {
            //OAuthRequest request = new OAuthRequest(Verb.GET, "https://api.foursquare.com/v2/venues/search");
            int len = G_htp.length();
            G_htp.append(latitude);
            G_htp.append(',');
            G_htp.append(longitude);
            int len1 = G_htp.length();
            //String contents = java.net.URL();
            URL url = new URL(G_htp.toString());
            G_htp.delete(len, len1);
            URLConnection con = url.openConnection();
            //SSLException thrown here if server certificate is invalid

            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
            boolean Begin_City = false;
            int number = 0;
            JSONObject list1 = new JSONObject();
            String input = null;
            while ((input = br.readLine()) != null) {
                //                System.out.println(input);
                String[] tempS = input.split(",");
                for (int index = 0; index < tempS.length; index++) {
                    String[] IntempS = tempS[index].split(":");
                    if (IntempS.length < 2)
                        continue;
                    char[] SaveStringArry = IntempS[1].toCharArray();
                    for (int i = 0; i < SaveStringArry.length; i++) {
                        if (SaveStringArry[i] == '\"')
                            SaveStringArry[i] = ' ';
                        else if (SaveStringArry[i] == '[')
                            SaveStringArry[i] = ' ';
                        if (SaveStringArry[i] == ']')
                            SaveStringArry[i] = ' ';
                    }
                    String SaveString = String.copyValueOf(SaveStringArry).trim();

                    if (IntempS[0].contains("postalCode")) {
                        list1.put("post_code", SaveString);
                        number++;
                    } else if (IntempS[0].contains("state")) {
                        list1.put("state_code", SaveString);
                        number++;
                    } else if (IntempS[0].contains("cc")) {
                        list1.put("country_code", SaveString);
                        number++;
                    } else if (IntempS[0].contains("city")) {
                        list1.put("city_name", SaveString);
                        number++;
                    } else if (IntempS[0].contains("formattedAddress")) {
                        list1.put("address", SaveString);
                        number++;
                    } else if (IntempS[0].contains("name")) {
                        list1.put("place_name", SaveString);
                        number++;
                    }

                    if (number > 5)
                        break;
                }
            }
            br.close();

            return list1;
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(FoursquareAPI.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        return null;
    }

    public String search(String term, double latitude, double longitude) {
        try {
            //OAuthRequest request = new OAuthRequest(Verb.GET, "https://api.foursquare.com/v2/venues/search");
            int len = G_htp.length();
            G_htp.append(latitude);
            G_htp.append(',');
            G_htp.append(longitude);
            int len1 = G_htp.length();
            //String contents = java.net.URL();
            URL url = new URL(G_htp.toString());
            G_htp.delete(len, len1);
            URLConnection con = url.openConnection();
            //SSLException thrown here if server certificate is invalid

            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));

            StringBuffer inputBuffer = new StringBuffer();
            String input = null;
            while ((input = br.readLine()) != null) {
                inputBuffer.append(input);
                //System.out.println(input);
            }
            br.close();
            //request.addQuerystringParameter("v", "20130815");
            //request.addQuerystringParameter("ll", latitude + "," + longitude);
            //request.addQuerystringParameter("limit", String.valueOf(SEARCH_LIMIT));
            //    this.service.signRequest(this.accessToken, request);
            //Response response = request.send();

            return inputBuffer.toString();//response.getBody();
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(FoursquareAPI.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        return null;
    }

    //
    /**
     * Main entry for sample Yelp API requests.
     * <p>
     * After entering your OAuth credentials, execute <tt><b>run.sh</b></tt> to
     * run this example.
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //  YelpAPICLI yelpApiCli = new YelpAPICLI();
        //new JCommander(yelpApiCli, args);

        FoursquareAPI yelpApi = new FoursquareAPI();
        //String searchResponseJSON = yelpApi.search("city", -27.56, 152.34);
        //String searchResponseJSON1 = yelpApi.search("city", -28.636765,153.637283);//-27.497835,153.017472);
        //String searchResponseJSON = yelpApi.search("city", -27.497835,153.017472);//);      
        double[] tempR = yelpApi.convertGoogleToLatLong("Queens, NY, United States", null, null);
        if (tempR != null)
            System.out.println("lat=" + tempR[0] + "\t" + "long=" + tempR[1]);
        JSONObject searchResponseJSON1 = yelpApi.getAuStateCity(-27.497835, 153.017472);//);      
        JSONObject searchResponseJSON = yelpApi.getAuStateCity(tempR[4], tempR[5]);//);      
        JSONObject searchResponseJSON3 = yelpApi.getAuStateCity(39.78225, -84.364132);//);      
        JSONObject searchResponseJSON4 = yelpApi.getAuStateCity(-5.899762, 144.264132);//);      

        yelpApi.Close();
        //System.exit(0);
        //JSONObject searchResponseJSON = yelpApi.searchGoogleMap("city", -5.899762, 144.264132);//);                    
        //System.out.println(response);
        /*        JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
                 JSONObject response=null;
                 try {
                 response = (JSONObject) parser.parse(searchResponseJSON);
                 } catch (ParseException pe) {
                 System.err.println("Error: could not parse JSON response:");
                 System.err.println(searchResponseJSON);
                 System.exit(1);
                 }
                    
                 JSONObject temp= (JSONObject) response.get("response");
                 //        for (    Object key : temp.keySet()) {
                 //            System.out.println((String)key +":"+temp.get(key));
                 //          System.out.println("---------------");
                 //      }
                    
                 JSONArray businesses = (JSONArray) temp.get("venues");
                 JSONObject firstBusiness = (JSONObject) businesses.get(0);        
                 JSONObject Location =  (JSONObject)firstBusiness.get("location");
                 */

        String country_code = (String) searchResponseJSON.get("country_code");
        String city_code = (String) searchResponseJSON.get("city_name");
        String state_code = (String) searchResponseJSON.get("state_code");
        String post_code = (String) searchResponseJSON.get("post_code");

        //String firstBusinessID = firstBusiness.get("id").toString();        
        //System.out.println(String.format(
        //      "%s businesses found, querying business info for the top result \"%s\" ...",
        //    businesses.size(), firstBusinessID));
        // Select the first business and display business details
        //    System.out.println(String.format("Result for business \"%s\" found:", firstBusinessID));
        //      String businessResponseJSON = yelpApi.searchByBusinessId(firstBusinessID.toString());        
        //        System.out.println(businessResponseJSON);
        //String loudScreaming = firstBusiness.getJSONObject("LabelData").getString("slogan");    
        //JSONObject json = new JSONObject(businessResponseJSON);
        System.out.println(String.format("post_code= \"%s\" :", post_code));
        System.out.println(String.format("city_code= \"%s\" :", city_code));
        System.out.println(String.format("state_code= \"%s\" :", state_code));
        System.out.println(String.format("country_code= \"%s\" :", country_code));
        System.out.println(searchResponseJSON.toJSONString());
        //queryAPI(yelpApi, yelpApiCli);
    }

    public JSONObject getPostCodeByGeo(Double v_Latitude, Double v_Longtitude) {
        boolean searchAgain = false;
        JSONObject businesses = null;
        if (v_Latitude == null) {
            return null;
        }
        //        businesses = yelpApi.search4Yelp("city", v_Latitude, v_Longtitude);//-27.497835,153.017472);                      

        if (businesses == null) {
            searchAgain = true;
        } else if (businesses.size() < 1) {
            searchAgain = true;
        }
        if (searchAgain) {
            businesses = search4Square("city", v_Latitude, v_Longtitude);
            searchAgain = false;
        }
        if (businesses == null) {
            searchAgain = true;
        } else if (businesses.size() < 1) {
            searchAgain = true;
        }
        if (searchAgain) {
            searchAgain = false;
            System.out.println("La:" + v_Latitude + "\tLo:" + v_Longtitude);
            businesses = searchGoogleMap("city", v_Latitude, v_Longtitude);
            if (businesses == null) {
                //                                System.out.println("\t" + v_tweet_Country_Code + "\t:" + v_tweet_Place_Name);
                searchAgain = true;
            } else if (businesses.size() < 1) {
                //System.out.println("\t" + v_tweet_Country_Code + "\t:" + v_tweet_Place_Name);
                searchAgain = true;
            }
        }

        return businesses;
    }

    public JSONObject getAuStateCity(Double v_Latitude, Double v_Longtitude) {
        int BaseNum = 10;
        try {
            ResultSet rs = null;
            double normal_La = v_Latitude.doubleValue();
            double normal_Lo = v_Longtitude.doubleValue();
            while (true) {

                double small_La = ((int) (normal_La * BaseNum)) / (double) BaseNum;
                double small_Lo = ((int) (normal_Lo * BaseNum)) / (double) BaseNum;

                String sql = "select postcode,suburb,state,latitude,longitude from postcodes_geo where latitude<="
                        + Double.toString(small_La) + " and latitude>=" + normal_La + " and longitude<=" + normal_Lo
                        + "  and longitude>=" + Double.toString(small_Lo);
                // System.err.println(sql);
                rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
                if (rs.next())
                    break;
                BaseNum /= 10;
                if (BaseNum == 0)
                    break;
                rs.close();
            }
            if (BaseNum < 0.01) {
                //  System.err.println("geoDB did not find");
                return getPostCodeByGeo(v_Latitude, v_Longtitude);
            }

            String returnStr[] = new String[2];
            double Max_dis = Double.MAX_VALUE;
            String country_code = "AU";
            String city_code = null;
            String state_code = null;
            String post_code = null;
            do {
                //Retrieve by column name
                double x = rs.getDouble("latitude");
                double y = rs.getDouble("longitude");
                double dis = Math.sqrt((x - normal_La) * (x - normal_La) + (y - normal_Lo) * (y - normal_Lo));
                if (dis < Max_dis) {
                    Max_dis = dis;
                    city_code = rs.getString("suburb");
                    state_code = rs.getString("state");
                    post_code = rs.getString("postcode");
                }
            } while (rs.next());

            if (Max_dis > 100) {
                System.err.println("It is impossible so distance, another country" + Max_dis);
                return getPostCodeByGeo(v_Latitude, v_Longtitude);
            }
            rs.close();

            JSONObject businesses = new JSONObject();
            businesses.put("country_code", "AU");
            businesses.put("city_name", state_code);
            businesses.put("state_code", city_code);
            businesses.put("post_code", post_code);

            return businesses;

        } catch (SQLException ex) {
            System.err.println("MySQL:getAuStateCity: " + ex);
        }
        return null;

    }

    public boolean Close() {
        try {
            if (stmt != null) {
                stmt.close();
            }

        } catch (SQLException ex) {
            System.err.println("mysql close " + ex);
            return false;
        } finally {
            try {
                if (conn != null) {
                    conn.close();
                }
            } catch (SQLException se) {
                se.printStackTrace();
                return false;
            } //end finally try            
        }
        return true;
    }

    static final String JDBC_DRIVER = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
    //static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:mysql://10.33.0.161/twitter";
    static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1/twitter";

    //  Database credentials
    static final String USER = "root";
    static final String PASS = "1234321";

    private Connection conn = null;
    private Statement stmt = null;

}