– Add to pom.xml :
<dependency> <groupId>mysql</groupId> <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId> <version>8.0.25</version> </dependency> – Add to build.gradle :
import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.SQLException; public class MySQLTest public static void main(String[] args) String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/your_database"; String user = "your_username"; String password = "your_password";
// Note: Driver registration is automatic with JDBC 4+ try (Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password)) System.out.println("Connected to MySQL successfully!"); catch (SQLException e) System.err.println("Connection failed: " + e.getMessage());
