java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver in Eclipse

Question

What is wrong with the code there are lots of error while debugging. I am writing a code for a singleton class to connect with the database mysql.

Here is my code

Answer 1

Trivial as it may seem in my case netbeans version maven project 7.2.1 was different. There is a folder in the project called dependencies. Right click and then it brings up a popup window where you can search for packages. In the query area put

mysql-connector

It will bring up the matches (it seems it does this against some repository). Double click then install.