Where to close java PreparedStatements and ResultSets?

Question

Consider the code:

PreparedStatement ps = null;
ResultSet rs = null;
try {
  ps = conn.createStatement(myQueryString);
  rs = ps.executeQuery();
  // process         


        

Answer 1

Probably an old (though simple) way to do things, but it still works:

public class DatabaseTest {

    private Connection conn;    
    private Statement st;   
    private ResultSet rs;
    private PreparedStatement ps;

    public DatabaseTest() {
        // if needed
    }

    public String getSomethingFromDatabase(...) {
        String something = null;

        // code here

        try {
            // code here

        } catch(SQLException se) {
            se.printStackTrace();

        } finally { // will always execute even after a return statement
            closeDatabaseResources();
        }

        return something;
    }

    private void closeDatabaseResources() {
        try {
            if(conn != null) {
                System.out.println("conn closed");
                conn.close();
            }

            if(st != null) {
                System.out.println("st closed");
                st.close();
            }

            if(rs != null) {
                System.out.println("rs closed");
                rs.close();
            }

            if(ps != null) {
                System.out.println("ps closed");
                ps.close();
            }

        } catch(SQLException se) {
            se.printStackTrace();
        }               
    }
}