package DBTest; import java.io.InputStream; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.util.Properties; public class GetConnection { public static Connection getConnection() throws Exception { // set driver Class clazz = Class.forName("com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver"); InputStream is = clazz.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("testDB.properties"); Properties pro = new Properties(); pro.load(is); String url = pro.getProperty("url"); String user = pro.getProperty("user"); String password = pro.getProperty("password"); String driverClass = pro.getProperty("DriverClass"); Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password); // return connection return connection; } }