## Uses of Interface
java.sql.Connection

- Packages that use Connection
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.sql | Provides the API for accessing and processing data stored in a data source (usually a relational database) using the Java™ programming language.
  javax.sql | Provides the API for server side data source access and processing from the Java™ programming language.
  javax.sql.rowset | Standard interfaces and base classes for JDBC `RowSet` implementations.

- - ### Uses of Connection in java.sql

    Methods in java.sql that return Connection
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `Connection` | ConnectionBuilder.`build()` | Returns an instance of the object defined by this builder.
    `Connection` | Driver.`connect​(String url, Properties info)` | Attempts to make a database connection to the given URL.
    `Connection` | DatabaseMetaData.`getConnection()` | Retrieves the connection that produced this metadata object.
    `static Connection` | DriverManager.`getConnection​(String url)` | Attempts to establish a connection to the given database URL.
    `static Connection` | DriverManager.`getConnection​(String url, String user, String password)` | Attempts to establish a connection to the given database URL.
    `static Connection` | DriverManager.`getConnection​(String url, Properties info)` | Attempts to establish a connection to the given database URL.
    `Connection` | Statement.`getConnection()` | Retrieves the `Connection` object that produced this `Statement` object.

  - ### Uses of Connection in javax.sql

    Methods in javax.sql that return Connection
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `Connection` | DataSource.`getConnection()` | Attempts to establish a connection with the data source that this `DataSource` object represents.
    `Connection` | DataSource.`getConnection​(String username, String password)` | Attempts to establish a connection with the data source that this `DataSource` object represents.
    `Connection` | PooledConnection.`getConnection()` | Creates and returns a `Connection` object that is a handle for the physical connection that this `PooledConnection` object represents.
    `Connection` | RowSetInternal.`getConnection()` | Retrieves the `Connection` object that was passed to this `RowSet` object.

  - ### Uses of Connection in javax.sql.rowset

    Methods in javax.sql.rowset with parameters of type Connection
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `void` | CachedRowSet.`acceptChanges​(Connection con)` | Propagates all row update, insert and delete changes to the data source backing this `CachedRowSet` object using the specified `Connection` object to establish a connection to the data source.
    `void` | CachedRowSet.`execute​(Connection conn)` | Populates this `CachedRowSet` object with data, using the given connection to produce the result set from which the data will be read.