Create a class to connect to any database using jdbc

Question

I am trying to design a Java swing application. I want to experiment and use an MVC type of architecture whereby my UI is separated from the actual logic to access data and

Answer 1

You can either use fancier stuff like Hibernate or if your database usage is simple then you can try Commons DbUtils

Ceremonial connection code

String db = "jdbc:h2:mem:;INIT=runscript from 'classpath:/prototypeeop.sql'"; 
//for H2 in-memory database:
Connection DriverManager.getConnection(db);

Remember the core classes and interfaces in Commons DbUtils are QueryRunner and ResultSetHandler.