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From: Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
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ajit kumar wrote:
> in java what does it means getConnection function

That depends on from what type the method comes.  What type are you discuss=
ing?

In general terms, such a method returns a reference to some sort of "connec=
tion" object given some sort of information about what "connection" you wan=
t.  There are various classes and interfaces in the standard API alone that=
 sport a 'getConnection()' method, or in some cases more than one such meth=
od:

<http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/sql/DriverManager.html#g=
etConnection(java.lang.String)>
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/sql/DriverManager.html#g=
etConnection(java.lang.String, java.util.Properties)>
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/sql/DriverManager.html#g=
etConnection(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)>
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/sql/DataSource.html#get=
Connection()>
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/sql/DataSource.html#get=
Connection(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)>
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/sql/Statement.html#getCo=
nnection()>

There may be others in third-party libraries.

--=20
Lew