DataSource

public interface DataSource
implements CommonDataSource, Wrapper

javax.sql.DataSource

A factory for connections to the physical data source that this DataSource object represents. An alternative to the DriverManager facility, a DataSource object is the preferred means of getting a connection. An object that implements the DataSource interface will typically be registered with a naming service based on the Java^TM Naming and Directory (JNDI) API.

The DataSource interface is implemented by a driver vendor. There are three types of implementations:

Basic implementation -- produces a standard Connection object
Connection pooling implementation -- produces a Connection object that will automatically participate in connection pooling. This implementation works with a middle-tier connection pooling manager.
Distributed transaction implementation -- produces a Connection object that may be used for distributed transactions and almost always participates in connection pooling. This implementation works with a middle-tier transaction manager and almost always with a connection pooling manager.

A DataSource object has properties that can be modified when necessary. For example, if the data source is moved to a different server, the property for the server can be changed. The benefit is that because the data source's properties can be changed, any code accessing that data source does not need to be changed.

A driver that is accessed via a DataSource object does not register itself with the DriverManager. Rather, a DataSource object is retrieved though a lookup operation and then used to create a Connection object. With a basic implementation, the connection obtained through a DataSource object is identical to a connection obtained through the DriverManager facility.

Summary

Public methods
`abstract Connection`	`getConnection()` Attempts to establish a connection with the data source that this `DataSource` object represents.
`abstract Connection`	`getConnection(String username, String password)` Attempts to establish a connection with the data source that this `DataSource` object represents.

Public methods


        abstract
        
        
        
        
        Connection


      getConnection()

Attempts to establish a connection with the data source that this DataSource object represents.


        abstract
        
        
        
        
        Connection


      getConnection(String username, String password)

Attempts to establish a connection with the data source that this DataSource object represents.

Inherited methods

From interface


        
          javax.sql.CommonDataSource

`abstract PrintWriter`	`getLogWriter()` Retrieves the log writer for this `DataSource` object.
`abstract int`	`getLoginTimeout()` Gets the maximum time in seconds that this data source can wait while attempting to connect to a database.
`abstract Logger`	`getParentLogger()` Return the parent Logger of all the Loggers used by this data source.
`abstract void`	`setLogWriter(PrintWriter out)` Sets the log writer for this `DataSource` object to the given `java.io.PrintWriter` object.
`abstract void`	`setLoginTimeout(int seconds)` Sets the maximum time in seconds that this data source will wait while attempting to connect to a database.

From interface


        
          java.sql.Wrapper

`abstract boolean`	`isWrapperFor(Class<?> iface)` Returns true if this either implements the interface argument or is directly or indirectly a wrapper for an object that does.
`abstract <T> T`	`unwrap(Class<T> iface)` Returns an object that implements the given interface to allow access to non-standard methods, or standard methods not exposed by the proxy.

Public methods

getConnection

Added in API level 1

public abstract Connection getConnection ()

Attempts to establish a connection with the data source that this DataSource object represents.

Returns
`Connection`	a connection to the data source

Throws
`SQLException`	if a database access error occurs

getConnection

Added in API level 1

public abstract Connection getConnection (String username, 
                String password)

Attempts to establish a connection with the data source that this DataSource object represents.

Parameters
`username`	`String`: the database user on whose behalf the connection is being made
`password`	`String`: the user's password

Returns
`Connection`	a connection to the data source

Throws
`SQLException`	if a database access error occurs