Connection Pooling in Java SE?

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It is hard to find a resource on this without finding Java EE, but here is what I am looking for:

All I have is a standard Java SE app, it makes a lot of DB connections. I simply need to make use of a connection pool. Any suggestions?

JDBC drivers all use sockets to do the low level reading/writing of data to the DB. Only a nut would do it this way if a JDBC driver is available. — mP., Mar 08 '10 at 00:48

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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I would suggest c3p0. There is also this other question which discusses c3p0 vs DBCP and several stand-alone connection pools.

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answered Mar 07 '10 at 14:45

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 04 '12 at 20:20

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Here are two options that don't require any Java EE:

C3P0 - I have used this pool library for a long time in a Java SE app but it does not support the new Java 6 JDBC interfaces. You can still use the pool Java 6 but if you try and call any of the new methods an exception is thrown saying that the method is not implemented.

DBCP - I have never used this connection pool myself but I have seen various posts about it, and it does support the new JDBC features added in Java 6

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In DBCP everything is synchronized to a single thread. If your app is multiuser/multithreaded, C3P0 is a better choice. – BalusC Mar 07 '10 at 15:03

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 22 '10 at 13:31

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Can I also suggest BoneCP (http://jolbox.com) ? It is currently the fastest connection pool available and offers a good feature set.

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It looks like [over here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/1662916/311525) you now feel that there is another connection pool which is faster. – Scott Dec 30 '13 at 16:56

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 08 '10 at 00:26

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javax.sql.DataSource provides a connection pool, and most DB vendors provide an implementation of DataSource.

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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Take a look at HikariCP. Even BoneCP's author admits it is now the king of the hill.

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 07 '10 at 14:45

Here is a list of Java connection pool libraries. I have only used c3po out of these, as part of Hibernate, and so far it works fine (as much as I actually see of it... but I guess if I rarely ever notice the connection pooling software I am using, then it is working well ;-)

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