Mock database driver

Question

Is there some kind of JDBC driver which simply ignores database calls?

For the development I am migrating an application to a virtual machine. Here I want to work on

Answer 1

There are some "void" JDBC drivers as part of Mocking framewroks, for example MockDriver from Mockrunner.

But using it requires some coding.

That's because when Java application connects to a database it provides a JDBC URL in form jdbc:mysql://localhost. The system is searching which driver is registered in it to handle this kind of URL and chooses the right driver. The info about which URL type driver supports is contained in the driver itself, and it's impossible for a mock driver to hold all known URL types in it - there's no such thing as wildcarding there and any list would not be full.

So, if you're able to call JDBCMockObjectFactory.registerMockDriver() in the application before it connects to the database - it will do the job. If not - I don't think it's possible. However, slight modification of the driver code would do it... but again - coding is required.