Here you can find the source of getConnection(String jdbcDriverName, String connectionURL)
Look up an open connection.
protected static Connection getConnection(String jdbcDriverName, String connectionURL) throws SQLException
//package com.java2s; /*/* w w w . j a va2 s . c om*/ Derby - Class org.apache.derbyDemo.vtis.core.QueryVTIHelper 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. */ import java.sql.*; import java.util.*; public class Main { private static Hashtable<String, Connection> _openConnections = new Hashtable<String, Connection>(); /** * <p> * Look up an open connection. If it doesn't exist, create a Connection. * </p> * */ protected static Connection getConnection(String jdbcDriverName, String connectionURL) throws SQLException { Connection conn = _openConnections.get(connectionURL); if (conn == null) { // as necessary, fault in the jdbc driver which accesses the external dbms try { Class.forName(jdbcDriverName); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { throw new SQLException("Could not find " + jdbcDriverName + " on the classpath."); } try { conn = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionURL); _openConnections.put(connectionURL, conn); } catch (SQLException s) { SQLException t = new SQLException("Could not open a connection to " + connectionURL + ". Perhaps the foreign database is not up and running? Details: " + s.getMessage()); t.setNextException(s); throw t; } } return conn; } }