Connecting to SQL server database with JavaFX [duplicate] - sql-server

Question

Can anyone give me one example of a class that connects JavaFX with MySQL, dont want Main class, have one, just want a example of a class that connects any application to a MySQL database and gets a row from that database into a table, searched the whole internet and i didn't find anything straight to the point i do not want anything fancy just something to get the job done please.
Something clean and simple.

Answer 1

At a minimum, you need three classes: one to represent your data, one for your UI, and one to manage the database connection. In a real app you'd need more than this, of course. This example follows the same basic example as the TableView tutorial
Suppose your database has a person table with three columns, first_name, last_name, email_address.
Then you would write a Person class:
import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty ;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty ;
public class Person {
private final StringProperty firstName = new SimpleStringProperty(this, "firstName");
public StringProperty firstNameProperty() {
return firstName ;
}
public final String getFirstName() {
return firstNameProperty().get();
}
public final void setFirstName(String firstName) {
firstNameProperty().set(firstName);
}
private final StringProperty lastName = new SimpleStringProperty(this, "lastName");
public StringProperty lastNameProperty() {
return lastName ;
}
public final String getLastName() {
return lastNameProperty().get();
}
public final void setLastName(String lastName) {
lastNameProperty().set(lastName);
}
private final StringProperty email = new SimpleStringProperty(this, "email");
public StringProperty emailProperty() {
return email ;
}
public final String getEmail() {
return emailProperty().get();
}
public final void setEmail(String email) {
emailProperty().set(email);
}
public Person() {}
public Person(String firstName, String lastName, String email) {
setFirstName(firstName);
setLastName(lastName);
setEmail(email);
}
}
A class to access the data from the database:
import java.sql.Connection ;
import java.sql.DriverManager ;
import java.sql.SQLException ;
import java.sql.Statement ;
import java.sql.ResultSet ;
import java.util.List ;
import java.util.ArrayList ;
public class PersonDataAccessor {
// in real life, use a connection pool....
private Connection connection ;
public PersonDataAccessor(String driverClassName, String dbURL, String user, String password) throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException {
Class.forName(driverClassName);
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbURL, user, password);
}
public void shutdown() throws SQLException {
if (connection != null) {
connection.close();
}
}
public List<Person> getPersonList() throws SQLException {
try (
Statement stmnt = connection.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = stmnt.executeQuery("select * from person");
){
List<Person> personList = new ArrayList<>();
while (rs.next()) {
String firstName = rs.getString("first_name");
String lastName = rs.getString("last_name");
String email = rs.getString("email_address");
Person person = new Person(firstName, lastName, email);
personList.add(person);
}
return personList ;
}
}
// other methods, eg. addPerson(...) etc
}
And then a UI class:
import javafx.application.Application ;
import javafx.scene.control.TableView ;
import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn ;
import javafx.scene.control.cell.PropertyValueFactory ;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane ;
import javafx.scene.Scene ;
import javafx.stage.Stage ;
public class PersonTableApp extends Application {
private PersonDataAccessor dataAccessor ;
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
dataAccessor = new PersonDataAccessor(...); // provide driverName, dbURL, user, password...
TableView<Person> personTable = new TableView<>();
TableColumn<Person, String> firstNameCol = new TableColumn<>("First Name");
firstNameCol.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<>("firstName"));
TableColumn<Person, String> lastNameCol = new TableColumn<>("Last Name");
lastNameCol.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<>("lastName"));
TableColumn<Person, String> emailCol = new TableColumn<>("Email");
emailCol.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<>("email"));
personTable.getColumns().addAll(firstNameCol, lastNameCol, emailCol);
personTable.getItems().addAll(dataAccessor.getPersonList());
BorderPane root = new BorderPane();
root.setCenter(personTable);
Scene scene = new Scene(root, 600, 400);
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
#Override
public void stop() throws Exception {
if (dataAccessor != null) {
dataAccessor.shutdown();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
(I just typed that in without testing, so there may be typos, missing imports, etc, but it should be enough to give you the idea.)

Answer 2

In addition to the answer of James_D:
I wanted to connect to a remote (MySQL) database, so I changed the constructor and connected by url-only:
public UserAccessor(String dbURL, String user, String password) throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException {
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbURL, user, password);
}
Init via:
UserAccessor userAccessor = new UserAccessor(
"jdbc:mysql://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:YOUR_PORT", "YOUR_DB_USER", "YOUR_PASSWORD")
Please note:
You will also need to include the connector lib. I choosed mysql-connector-java-5.1.40-bin.jar which came with IntelliJ and was located under /Users/martin/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea2017.1/jdbc-drivers/MySQL Connector/J/5.1.40/mysql-connector-java-5.1.40-bin.jar
Kudos belong to James_D.