Connection timeout for DriverManager getConnection

Question

I am trying to connect to DB using the standard JDBC way

connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);

Is there a maxi

Answer 1

As bestro suggested, it's possible to use a future with an associated timeout. For example:

ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
Future future = executor.submit(new Callable() {

    @Override
    public Connection call() throws Exception {
        Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
        return con;
    }
});

Connection con = null;
try {
    con = future.get(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
} catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException | TimeoutException ex) {
    Logger.getLogger(Scratch.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
executor.shutdownNow();

if (con == null) {
    System.out.println("Could not establish connection");
} else {
    System.out.println("Connection established!");
}