Uses of Interface java.sql.Connection (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2016-07-28

## Uses of Interface
java.sql.Connection

- Packages that use Connection
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.sql | Provides the API for accessing and processing data stored in a data source (usually a relational database) using the JavaTM programming language.
  javax.sql | Provides the API for server side data source access and processing from the JavaTM programming language.
  javax.sql.rowset | Standard interfaces and base classes for JDBC `RowSet` implementations.

- - ### Uses of Connection in java.sql

    Methods in java.sql that return Connection
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Connection` | Driver.`connect(String url, Properties info)` Attempts to make a database connection to the given URL.
    `Connection` | Statement.`getConnection()` Retrieves the `Connection` object that produced this `Statement` object.
    `Connection` | DatabaseMetaData.`getConnection()` Retrieves the connection that produced this metadata object.
    `static Connection` | DriverManager.`getConnection(String url)` Attempts to establish a connection to the given database URL.
    `static Connection` | DriverManager.`getConnection(String url, Properties info)` Attempts to establish a connection to the given database URL.
    `static Connection` | DriverManager.`getConnection(String url, String user, String password)` Attempts to establish a connection to the given database URL.

  - ### Uses of Connection in javax.sql

    Methods in javax.sql that return Connection
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Connection` | RowSetInternal.`getConnection()` Retrieves the `Connection` object that was passed to this `RowSet` object.
    `Connection` | DataSource.`getConnection()` Attempts to establish a connection with the data source that this `DataSource` object represents.
    `Connection` | PooledConnection.`getConnection()` Creates and returns a `Connection` object that is a handle for the physical connection that this `PooledConnection` object represents.
    `Connection` | DataSource.`getConnection(String username, String password)` Attempts to establish a connection with the data source that this `DataSource` object represents.

  - ### Uses of Connection in javax.sql.rowset

    Methods in javax.sql.rowset with parameters of type Connection
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | CachedRowSet.`acceptChanges(Connection con)` Propagates all row update, insert and delete changes to the data source backing this `CachedRowSet` object using the specified `Connection` object to establish a connection to the data source.
    `void` | CachedRowSet.`execute(Connection conn)` Populates this `CachedRowSet` object with data, using the given connection to produce the result set from which the data will be read.

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