Class ConnectionHelper

    • Method Detail

      • unwrap

        public static Connection unwrap​(Connection connection)
                                 throws SQLException
        Tries to unwrap the connection to get the real physical one (returned by the original datasource).

        This should only be used by code that needs to cast the connection to a driver-specific class to use driver-specific features.

        Throws:
        SQLException - if no actual physical connection was allocated yet
      • getConnection

        public static Connection getConnection​(String dataSourceName)
                                        throws SQLException
        Gets a new connection for the given dataSource. The connection MUST be closed in a finally block when code is done using it.
        Parameters:
        dataSourceName - the datasource for which the connection is requested
        Returns:
        a new connection
        Throws:
        SQLException
      • getConnection

        public static Connection getConnection​(String dataSourceName,
                                               boolean noSharing)
                                        throws SQLException
        Gets a new connection for the given dataSource. The connection MUST be closed in a finally block when code is done using it.
        Parameters:
        dataSourceName - the datasource for which the connection is requested
        noSharing - true if this connection must not be shared with others
        Returns:
        a new connection
        Throws:
        SQLException