Package org.firebirdsql.jdbc

Interface FirebirdDriver

All Superinterfaces:

Driver

All Known Implementing Classes:

FBDriver

public interface FirebirdDriver
extends Driver

Extension of the Driver providing methods to set the connection properties programmatically.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
FirebirdConnection	connect(FirebirdConnectionProperties properties)	Connect to the specified database using the specified connection properties.
FirebirdConnectionProperties	newConnectionProperties()	Create new instance of FirebirdConnectionProperties that can later be used in connect(FirebirdConnectionProperties) call.

Methods inherited from interface java.sql.Driver

acceptsURL, connect, getMajorVersion, getMinorVersion, getParentLogger, getPropertyInfo, jdbcCompliant

Method Details

newConnectionProperties

FirebirdConnectionProperties newConnectionProperties()

Create new instance of FirebirdConnectionProperties that can later be used in connect(FirebirdConnectionProperties) call.

Returns:

instance of FirebirdConnectionProperties.

connect

FirebirdConnection connect(FirebirdConnectionProperties properties)
                    throws SQLException

Connect to the specified database using the specified connection properties.

Parameters:

properties - instance of FirebirdConnectionProperties created in newConnectionProperties() method.

Returns:

new connection to the Firebird database.

Throws:

SQLException - if an error happened while connecting to the database.