edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat
Class MetaCatUtil

java.lang.Object
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  +--edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.MetaCatUtil

public class MetaCatUtil

extends java.lang.Object

A suite of utility classes for the metadata catalog server

Constructor Summary

MetaCatUtil()

Method Summary

static java.sql.Connection

openDBConnection(java.lang.String dbDriver, java.lang.String connection, java.lang.String user, java.lang.String password) Utility method to establish a JDBC database connection

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MetaCatUtil

public MetaCatUtil()

Method Detail

openDBConnection

public static java.sql.Connection openDBConnection(java.lang.String dbDriver,
                                                   java.lang.String connection,
                                                   java.lang.String user,
                                                   java.lang.String password)
                                            throws java.sql.SQLException,
                                                   java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Utility method to establish a JDBC database connection

Parameters:

dbDriver - the string representing the database driver

connection - the string representing the database connectin parameters

user - name of the user to use for database connection

password - password for the user to use for database connection