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/**
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 *        Name: MetaCatUtil.java
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 *     Purpose: A Class that implements utility methods for a metadata catalog
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 *   Copyright: 2000 Regents of the University of California and the
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 *              National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
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 *     Authors: Matt Jones
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 * 
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 *     Version: '$Id: MetaCatUtil.java 53 2000-04-18 01:39:08Z jones $'
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 */
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package edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat;
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import java.sql.Connection;
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import java.sql.DriverManager;
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import java.sql.SQLException;
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/**
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 * A suite of utility classes for the metadata catalog server
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 */
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public class MetaCatUtil {
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  static  String 	user = "jones";
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  static  String 	password = "your-pw-goes-here";
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  static  String 	defaultDB = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:test";
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  /** 
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   * Utility method to establish a JDBC database connection 
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   *
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   * @param dbDriver the string representing the database driver
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   * @param connection the string representing the database connectin parameters
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   * @param user name of the user to use for database connection
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   * @param password password for the user to use for database connection
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   */
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  public static Connection openDBConnection(String dbDriver, String connection,
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                String user, String password)
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                throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException {
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     // Load the Oracle JDBC driver
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     Class.forName (dbDriver);
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     // Connect to the database
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     Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection( connection, user, password);
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     return conn;
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  }
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}
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