/* Copyright (C) 2002-2004 MySQL AB This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.  There are special exceptions to the terms and conditions of the GPL  as it is applied to this software. View the full text of the  exception exception in file EXCEPTIONS-CONNECTOR-J in the directory of this  software distribution. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA */package com.mysql.jdbc;/** * The Java SQL framework allows for multiple database drivers.  Each * driver should supply a class that implements the Driver interface * * <p>The DriverManager will try to load as many drivers as it can find and * then for any given connection request, it will ask each driver in turn * to try to connect to the target URL. * * <p>It is strongly recommended that each Driver class should be small and * standalone so that the Driver class can be loaded and queried without * bringing in vast quantities of supporting code. * * <p>When a Driver class is loaded, it should create an instance of itself * and register it with the DriverManager.  This means that a user can load * and register a driver by doing Class.forName("foo.bah.Driver") * * @see org.gjt.mm.mysql.Connection * @see java.sql.Driver * @author Mark Matthews * @version $Id: Driver.java,v 1.20.2.8 2004/08/09 22:15:11 mmatthew Exp $ */public class Driver extends NonRegisteringDriver {      //    // Register ourselves with the DriverManager    //    static {        try {            java.sql.DriverManager.registerDriver(new Driver());        } catch (java.sql.SQLException E) {            throw new RuntimeException("Can't register driver!");        }        if (DEBUG) {            Debug.trace("ALL");        }    }    /**     * Construct a new driver and register it with DriverManager     *     * @throws java.sql.SQLException if a database error occurs.     */    public Driver() throws java.sql.SQLException {        // Required for Class.forName().newInstance()    }}