How should I use try-with-resources with JDBC?

Question

I have a method for getting users from a database with JDBC:

public List getUser(int userId) {
    String sql = \"SELECT id, name FROM users WHER         


        

Answer 1

I realize this was long ago answered but want to suggest an additional approach that avoids the nested try-with-resources double block.

public List getUser(int userId) {
    try (Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(myConnectionURL);
         PreparedStatement ps = createPreparedStatement(con, userId); 
         ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery()) {

         // process the resultset here, all resources will be cleaned up

    } catch (SQLException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

private PreparedStatement createPreparedStatement(Connection con, int userId) throws SQLException {
    String sql = "SELECT id, username FROM users WHERE id = ?";
    PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(sql);
    ps.setInt(1, userId);
    return ps;
}