Why do we use a DataSource instead of a DriverManager?

Question

I am reading the Java JDBC specification (vr. 4) and I encountred this statement:

DataSource — this interface was introduced in the JDBC 2.0 Optional

Answer 1

Below code shows two way for getting connection.

There is no need to know about URL in case of mySqlDataSource as this line is commented.

public class MySqlDataSourceTest {

public static void main(String[] args) throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException {


    /************** using MysqlDataSource starts **************/
    MysqlDataSource d = new MysqlDataSource();
    d.setUser("root");
    d.setPassword("root");
//  d.setUrl("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/manavrachna");
    d.setDatabaseName("manavrachna");
    Connection c =  (Connection) d.getConnection();
    /************** using MysqlDataSource ends**************/


    /************** using DriverManager start **************/
    Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
    Connection c=(Connection) DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/manavrachna","root","root");
    /************** using DriverManager ends **************/

    Statement st=(Statement) c.createStatement();
    ResultSet rs=st.executeQuery("select id from employee");
    while(rs.next())
    {
        System.out.println(rs.getInt(1));
    }

}

}