How to parse the jdbc driver name from the jdbc .jar file

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Bruce - 21 Mar 2006 11:35 GMT

Hi,

Is there any safe method which can get the right jdbc driver class name
out? I used to use "driver.class", but there maybe many XXXDriver.class
in a single jar file.

-Bruce

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Larry - 22 Mar 2006 21:58 GMT

What database are you trying to access using Java? SQL Server, DB2,
Oracle, ???

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Bruce - 23 Mar 2006 08:58 GMT

In fact, I am trying to implement a general purpose wrapper for various
databases. The design is to put the a jdbc driver into a folder named
"drivers", and my program would register the jdbc driver class right
and provide user a list of current jdbc driver names.

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Дмитрий - 23 Mar 2006 12:10 GMT

You can scan jar-file and find all classes which implement
java.sql.DriverManager.

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Bjorn Abelli - 25 Mar 2006 13:01 GMT

"???????" <dmrzh@mail.ru> wrote...

> You can scan jar-file and find all classes which implement
> java.sql.DriverManager.

I think you mean those classes that implements java.sql.Driver.

The DriverManager *manages* drivers...

// Bjorn A

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