Here you can find the source of getDBConnection()
private static Connection getDBConnection()
//package com.java2s; /*//w w w .j a v a 2 s .c om * The MIT License (MIT) * * Copyright (c) 2011-2016 Broad Institute, Aiden Lab * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ import java.sql.*; public class Main { private static String DB_DRIVER; private static String DB_URL; private static String DB_USER; private static String DB_PASSWORD; private static Connection getDBConnection() { if (DB_DRIVER == null) { DB_DRIVER = System.getProperty("DB_DRIVER"); DB_URL = System.getProperty("DB_URL"); DB_USER = System.getProperty("DB_USER"); DB_PASSWORD = System.getProperty("DB_PASSWORD"); } Connection dbConnection = null; try { Class.forName(DB_DRIVER); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { System.out.println(e.getMessage()); } try { dbConnection = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD); //return dbConnection; } catch (SQLException e) { System.out.println(e.getMessage()); } return dbConnection; } }