java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver (maven + jboss)

Question

maven pom.xml

Answer 1

It seems you are using JBoss AS7. Check instructions here: https://community.jboss.org/wiki/DataSourceConfigurationInAS7

Basically, you should

1. Install mysql connector
2. Create a data source using it
3. Refer to that data source using JNDI configuration

Class.forName() is an idiom commonly used when data sources are not provided by the container. In modern Java EE servers, they are provided.