JDBC Connection pooling using C3P0

Question

Following is my helper class to get DB connection:

I\'ve used the C3P0 connection pooling as described here.

public class DBConnection {

    private         


        

Answer 1

With a pooled data source, the connections in the pool are not actually closed, they just get returned to the pool. However, when the application is shut down, those connections to the database should be properly and actually closed, which is where the final cleanup comes in.

Incidentally, the c3p0 project is pretty much dead in the water, I recommend you use Apache Commons DBCP instead, it's still being maintained.