JDBC -Utils

public class JDBCUtils {

    public static Connection getConnection() throws Exception {
        InputStream is = ClassLoader.getPlatformClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("jdbc.properties");
        Properties properties = new Properties();
        properties.load(is);

        String user = properties.getProperty("user");
        String password = properties.getProperty("password");
        String url = properties.getProperty("url");
        String driverClass = properties.getProperty("driverClass");
        // Load the driver
        Class.forName(driverClass);

        Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password);

        return conn;
    }

    public static void closeConnect(Connection conn, Statement statement) {
        try {
            if (conn != null)
                conn.close();
        } catch (SQLException throwables) {
            throwables.printStackTrace();
        }
        try {
            if (statement != null)
                statement.close();
        } catch (SQLException throwables) {
            throwables.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}