In Java, how do I set a return type if an exception occurs?

Question

hey all, I\'m new to Java and was wondering if I define a method to return a database object

like

import java.sql.*;

public class DbConn {

    public          


        

Answer 1

I'm sorry, but you shouldn't be writing code like this, even if you're new to Java.

If you must write such a thing, I'd make it more like this:

public class DatabaseUtils 
{

    public static Connection getConnection(String driver, String url, String username, String password) throws SQLException 
    {
        Class.forName(driver).newInstance();


        return DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
    }
}

And you should also be aware that connection pools are the true way to go for anything other than a simple, single threaded application.