Listing 1. Connection Pool Class
import java.util.*;
import java.sql.*;
class DBConnectionManager
{
String databaseUrl = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/myDatabase";
String userName = "userName";
String password = "userPass";
Vector connectionPool = new Vector();
public DBConnectionManager()
{
initialize();
}
public DBConnectionManager(
//String databaseName,
String databaseUrl,
String userName,
String password
)
{
this.databaseUrl = databaseUrl;
this.userName = userName;
this.password = password;
initialize();
}
private void initialize()
{
//Here we can initialize all the information that we need
initializeConnectionPool();
}
private void initializeConnectionPool()
{
while(!checkIfConnectionPoolIsFull())
{
System.out.println("Connection Pool is NOT full. Proceeding with adding new connections");
//Adding new connection instance until the pool is full
connectionPool.addElement(createNewConnectionForPool());
}
System.out.println("Connection Pool is full.");
}
private synchronized boolean checkIfConnectionPoolIsFull()
{
final int MAX_POOL_SIZE = 5;
//Check if the pool size
if(connectionPool.size() < 5)
{
return false;
}
return true;
}
//Creating a connection
private Connection createNewConnectionForPool()
{
Connection connection = null;
try
{
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(databaseUrl, userName, password);
System.out.println("Connection: "+connection);
}
catch(SQLException sqle)
{
System.err.println("SQLException: "+sqle);
return null;
}
catch(ClassNotFoundException cnfe)
{
System.err.println("ClassNotFoundException: "+cnfe);
return null;
}
return connection;
}
public synchronized Connection getConnectionFromPool()
{
Connection connection = null;
//Check if there is a connection available. There are times when all the connections in the pool may be used up
if(connectionPool.size() > 0)
{
connection = (Connection) connectionPool.firstElement();
connectionPool.removeElementAt(0);
}
//Giving away the connection from the connection pool
return connection;
}
public synchronized void returnConnectionToPool(Connection connection)
{
//Adding the connection from the client back to the connection pool
connectionPool.addElement(connection);
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
DBConnectionManager dbConnectionManager = new DBConnectionManager();
}
}