public static final String DATABASE_USER = "user";
public static final String DATABASE_PASSWORD = "password";
public static final String MYSQL_AUTO_RECONNECT = "autoReconnect";
public static final String MYSQL_MAX_RECONNECTS = "maxReconnects";
public static Connection getConnection() throws Exception {
String driver = "org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver";
Class.forName(driver);
String dbURL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/tiger";
String dbUsername = "root";
String dbPassword = "root";
java.util.Properties connProperties = new java.util.Properties();
connProperties.put(DATABASE_USER, dbUsername);
connProperties.put(DATABASE_PASSWORD, dbPassword);
connProperties.put(MYSQL_AUTO_RECONNECT, "true");
connProperties.put(MYSQL_MAX_RECONNECTS, "4");
return DriverManager.getConnection(dbURL, connProperties);
}