Java Made Easy

package database;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;

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public class DBClass {
 Connection con = null;

    public Connection createConnection() throws
                   ClassNotFoundException,SQLException
    {
        //loading the driver. to use this driver you need to include
        //mysql connector.jar files in tomcat server lib
        //install mysql and sql yog and copy jar files and import
        //database from sqlyog uisng tools-->import option
        Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
        Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection
             ("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/countrydb", "root", "root");
        return connection;
    }
    public String getStates(String country)throws 
                  SQLException, ClassNotFoundException
    {
        //creating connection by calling above method
        Connection con = createConnection();
       //using preparedstatement we are executing sql query(getting states)
        PreparedStatement pstmt = con.prepareStatement
       ("select state from countries where country=?");
        pstmt.setString(1, country);
        ResultSet rs = pstmt.executeQuery();
        String states="";
        while(rs.next())
        {
            //getting states from database
           states=rs.getString(1);
        }
        //this method returns string of states 
        return states;
    }
    public String getDistricts(String getstate)throws
                SQLException, ClassNotFoundException
    {
        //creating connection by calling above method
        Connection con = createConnection();
         //using preparedstatement we are executing sql query(getting districts)
        PreparedStatement pstmt = con.prepareStatement
        ("select Districtsnames from districts where state=?");
        pstmt.setString(1, getstate);
        ResultSet rs = pstmt.executeQuery();
        String districts="";
        while(rs.next())
        {
           districts=rs.getString(1);
        }
        //this method return districts as string.we will call this method
        //in servlet
        return districts;
    }
}