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An interface to a JDBC driver.
The JDBC driver uses URLs to specify the location of specific data. URL format typically takes the form " xxxx:yyyy:SpecificData", where " xxxx:yyyy" is referred to as the subprotocol and is normally the same for all of a particular driver. " SpecificData" is a string which identifies the particular data source that the driver should use.
A driver needs to be registered with a DriverManager. It is registered and instantiated by calling Class.forName("DriverURL") with the URL string as argument.
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Returns whether the driver thinks that it can open a connection to the given URL.
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Attempts to make a database connection to a data source specified by a supplied URL.
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Gets the driver's major version number.
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Gets the driver's minor version number.
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Gets information about possible properties for this driver.
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Reports whether this driver is a genuine JDBC CompliantTM driver.
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Returns whether the driver thinks that it can open a connection to the given URL.
| url | the URL to connect to. |
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true if the driver thinks that is can open a connection to the supplied URL, false otherwise. Typically, the driver will respond true if it thinks that it can handle the subprotocol specified by the driver.| SQLException | if a database error occurs. |
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Attempts to make a database connection to a data source specified by a supplied URL.
| url | the URL to connect. |
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| info | some properties that should be used in establishing the connection. The properties consist of name/value pairs of strings. Normally, a connection to a database requires at least two properties - for "user" and "password" in order to pass authentication to the database. |
| SQLException | if a database error occurs. |
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Gets the driver's major version number.
Gets the driver's minor version number.
Gets information about possible properties for this driver.
This method is intended to provide a listing of possible properties that the client of the driver must supply in order to establish a connection to a database. Note that the returned array of properties may change depending on the supplied list of property values.
| url | the URL of the database. An application may call this method iteratively as the property list is built up - for example, when displaying a dialog to an end-user as part of the database login process. |
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| info | a set of tag/value pairs giving data that a user may be prompted to provide in order to connect to the database. |
DriverPropertyInfo records which provide details on which additional properties are required (in addition to those supplied in the info parameter) in order to connect to the database.| SQLException | if a database error occurs. |
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Reports whether this driver is a genuine JDBC CompliantTM driver. The driver may only return true if it passes all the JDBC compliance tests.
A driver may not be fully compliant if the underlying database has limited functionality.
true if the driver is fully JDBC compliant, false otherwise.