Connecting to a Database

// The following code encapsulates database connection operations into an interface. The database can then be connected using an authorized username and a password.
public static Connection getConnect(String username, String passwd)
    {
        // Driver class.
        String driver = "org.postgresql.Driver";
        // Database connection descriptor.
        String sourceURL = "jdbc:postgresql://10.10.0.13:8000/postgres";
        Connection conn = null;

        try
        {
            // Load the driver.
            Class.forName(driver);
        }
        catch( Exception e )
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        }

        try
        {
             // Create a connection.
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection(sourceURL, username, passwd);
            System.out.println("Connection succeed!");
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        }

        return conn;
    };
// The following code uses the Properties object as a parameter to establish a connection.
public static Connection getConnectUseProp(String username, String passwd)
    {
        // Driver class.
        String driver = "org.postgresql.Driver";
        // Database connection descriptor.
        String sourceURL = "jdbc:postgresql://10.10.0.13:8000/postgres?";
        Connection conn = null;
        Properties info = new Properties();

        try
        {
            // Load the driver.
            Class.forName(driver);
        }
        catch( Exception e )
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        }

        try
        {
             info.setProperty("user", username);
             info.setProperty("password", passwd);
             // Create a connection.
             conn = DriverManager.getConnection(sourceURL, info);
             System.out.println("Connection succeed!");
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        }

        return conn;
    };