com.j256.ormlite.db
Class DatabaseTypeUtils

java.lang.Object
  com.j256.ormlite.db.DatabaseTypeUtils

public class DatabaseTypeUtils
extends Object

Utility class which helps with managing database specific classes.

Author:

graywatson

Method Summary

static DatabaseType	createDatabaseType(DataSource dataSource) Creates and returns a DatabaseType associated with a DataSource.
static DatabaseType	createDatabaseType(String databaseUrl) Creates and returns a DatabaseType for the database URL.
static SimpleDataSource	createSimpleDataSource(String databaseUrl) Creates and returns a SimpleDataSource associated with the databaseUrl and optional userName and password.
static SimpleDataSource	createSimpleDataSource(String databaseUrl, String userName, String password) Creates and returns a SimpleDataSource associated with the databaseUrl and optional userName and password.
static void	loadDriver(String databaseUrl) Examines the databaseUrl parameter and load the driver for the proper database type if it can.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

loadDriver

public static void loadDriver(String databaseUrl)
                       throws ClassNotFoundException

Examines the databaseUrl parameter and load the driver for the proper database type if it can. It is expecting a databaseUrl format like jdbc:db-type:... where db-type is one of "h2", "mysql", "postgresql", ...

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the url format is not recognized or the database type is unknown.

ClassNotFoundException - If the database class is unknown.

createSimpleDataSource

public static SimpleDataSource createSimpleDataSource(String databaseUrl)
                                               throws SQLException

Creates and returns a SimpleDataSource associated with the databaseUrl and optional userName and password. Calls loadDriver(java.lang.String) as well. You can, of course, provide your own DataSource for use with the package.

Throws:

SQLException - If there are problems constructing the DataSource.

createSimpleDataSource

public static SimpleDataSource createSimpleDataSource(String databaseUrl,
                                                      String userName,
                                                      String password)
                                               throws SQLException

Creates and returns a SimpleDataSource associated with the databaseUrl and optional userName and password. Calls loadDriver(java.lang.String) as well.

Throws:

SQLException - If there are problems constructing the DataSource.

createDatabaseType

public static DatabaseType createDatabaseType(String databaseUrl)

Creates and returns a DatabaseType for the database URL.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the url format is not recognized, the database type is unknown, or the class could not be constructed.

createDatabaseType

public static DatabaseType createDatabaseType(DataSource dataSource)
                                       throws SQLException

Creates and returns a DatabaseType associated with a DataSource. This has to make a connection with the DataSource so it can get meta-data which has the URL. Use of createDatabaseType(String) is recommended.

Throws:

SQLException