Here you can find the source of loadDriver()
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static Class loadDriver() throws ClassNotFoundException
//package com.java2s; /*//www . j a va2 s . c o m * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache 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.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * 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. */ public class Main { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static Class loadDriver() throws ClassNotFoundException { String jdbcDriver = System.getenv("JDBC_DRIVER"); if (jdbcDriver == null) { jdbcDriver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"; } return Class.forName(jdbcDriver); } }