Java Connection getClientInfo() method with example


The getClientInfo() method of the Connection interface returns the name and values of the client info properties of the current connection. This method returns a properties object.

To retrieve the values of the client info properties file.

Register the driver using the registerDriver() method of the DriverManager class as −

//Registering the Driver
DriverManager.registerDriver(new com.mysql.jdbc.Driver());

Get the connection using the getConnection() method of the DriverManager class as −

//Getting the connection
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/mydatabase";
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "root", "password");

Create a properties object as −

Properties properties = new Properties();

Add the required key-value pairs to the above created Properties object as −

properties.put("user_name", "new_user");
properties.put("password", "password");

Set the above created properties to the client-info using the setClientInfo() method as −

//Setting the Client Info
con.setClientInfo(properties);

Retrieve the Properties file (object) using the getClientInfo() method and get properties from it by invoking the getProperty() method as −

Properties prop = con.getClientInfo();
prop.getProperty("user_name");
prop.getProperty("password");
You can also directly get the properties as:
con.getClientInfo("user_name");
con.getClientInfo("password");

Following JDBC program establishes connection with the MYSQL database and sets the credentials of a new user to the client info properties file.

Example

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.Properties;
public class Connection_getClientInfo {
   public static void main(String args[]) throws SQLException {
      //Registering the Driver
      DriverManager.registerDriver(new com.mysql.jdbc.Driver());
      //Getting the connection
      String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/mydatabase";
      Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "root", "password");
      System.out.println("Connection established......");
      //Adding the credentials of another user to the properties file
      Properties properties = new Properties();
      properties.put("user_name", "new_user");
      properties.put("password", "my_password");
      //Setting the ClientInfo
      con.setClientInfo(properties);
      //Retrieving the values in the ClientInfo properties file
      Properties prop = con.getClientInfo();
      System.out.println("user name: "+prop.getProperty("user_name"));
      System.out.println("password: "+prop.getProperty("password"));
   }
}

Output

Connection established......
user name: new_user
password: my_password

Updated on: 30-Jul-2019

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