Java Enterprise in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Name

Driver

Synopsis

Every JDBC driver must implement the Driver interface. Most programmers never need to deal with this interface, except when using the DriverManager.registerDriver() method, which is generally not recommended. The better way to register a driver is to load the driver by calling Class.forName() on the driver class, which automatically register the driver as well. Older JDBC drivers can be used to with newer versions of the API, although some functionality will not be supported.

public interface Driver {
// Public Instance Methods
   public abstract boolean acceptsURL(
        String url) throws SQLException;  
   public abstract java.sql.Connection connect(String url, 
        java.util.Properties info) throws SQLException;  
   public abstract int getMajorVersion();  
   public abstract int getMinorVersion();  
   public abstract DriverPropertyInfo[] getPropertyInfo(
        String url, 
        java.util.Properties info) throws SQLException;  
   public abstract boolean jdbcCompliant();  
}

Passed To

DriverManager.{deregisterDriver(), registerDriver()}

Returned By

DriverManager.getDriver()