How to Define a MySql datasource bean via XML in Spring

Question

I\'ve looked over the documentation to define a bean. I\'m just unclear on what class file to use for a Mysql database. Can anyone fill in the bean definition below?

Answer 1

Both the answers are appropriate for the question. But just for an FYI if you're going to use DriverManagerDataSource as your datasource, every call to your datasource bean will create a new connection to your database which is not recommended for production and even it does not pool connections.

If you need a connection pool, consider Apache Commons DBCP.

Where initialSize and maxActive are pooling related properties.

To use this make sure you have the required jar in your path.