I am new to Java and NetBeans, and I am attempting to create a form that
- connects to a database using JDBC connection
- reads information from seven columns and displays them on a jTable component already on the form
I already have this working. I am now trying to optimize my code and use a better architecture to separate the database connection and the user interface (UI forms) code so that I can have a separate class to perform the connection and then simply call the method from this class in the code behind the button. The problem with using NetBeans and forms is that I don't know where to instantiate this class and such. Below is a cope of the class that I have created to perform the JDBC connection
public class ConnectionManager {
private static String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/prototypeeop";
private static String driverName = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
private static String username = "root";
private static String password = "triala";
private static Connection con;
private static String url;
public static Connection getConnection() {
try {
Class.forName(driverName);
try {
con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
} catch (SQLException ex) {
// log an exception. fro example:
System.out.println("Failed to create the database connection.");
}
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
// log an exception. for example:
System.out.println("Driver not found.");
}
return con;
}
}
This is already a .java file. I have a JForm, and I need to call this method behind the button. Here is how I do it in the form currently without using a connection class:
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
DefaultTableModel model=(DefaultTableModel)jTable1.getModel();
model.setRowCount(0);
String sql="Select * from eopdata";
try
{
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
Connection con=(Connection)DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/prototypeeop","root","jakamuga");
Statement stmt=con.createStatement();
ResultSet rs=stmt.executeQuery(sql);
while(rs.next())
{
String Year=rs.getString("Year");
String Month=rs.getString("Month");
String Day=rs.getString("Day");
String MJD=rs.getString("MJD");
Double xarcsec=rs.getDouble("xarcsec");
Double yarcsec=rs.getDouble("yarcsec");
Double UT1UTCsec=rs.getDouble("UT1UTCsec");
model.addRow(new Object[] { Year, Month, Day, MJD,xarcsec,yarcsec,UT1UTCsec});
}
}
catch(Exception e) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, e.getMessage());
}
How can I use the class instead of hard coding in the connection? I have already created the class but where do I instantiate it. Do I do it in the main of the form or do I do it in the actionevent code with the following code?
private Connection con = null;
private Statement stmt = null;
private ResultSet rs = null;
con = ConnectionManager.getConnection();
stmt = con.createStatement();
rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);