What’s New in JDBC 4.0?

JavaAmong many new features and enhancements in Java SE 6 is the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API library, which is updated to JDBC 4.0 in this version of Java SE. JDBC 4.0, specified as JSR-221 under the Java Community Process, provides better code manageability and flexibility, and more complex data type support. In this article I will explore some new features and enhancements available in JDBC 4.0 from the perspective of programming ease and flexibility.
New Features in JDBC 4.0

The JDBC 4.0 specification lists some twenty new features or enhancements, some of which are major, others minor. Because it is not possible to discuss all of them in this article, I’ve attempted to group them in following categories based on functionality they provide or the area(s) the changes fall into.

1. Driver and connection management
2. Exception handling
3. Data type support
4. API changes

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