== Why is this an issue?

In the past, it was required to load a JDBC driver before creating a ``++java.sql.Connection++``. Nowadays, when using JDBC 4.0 drivers, this is no longer required and ``++Class.forName()++`` can be safely removed because JDBC 4.0 (JDK 6) drivers available in the classpath are automatically loaded.


This rule raises an issue when ``++Class.forName()++`` is used with one of the following values:

* ``++com.mysql.jdbc.Driver++``
* ``++oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver++``
* ``++com.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver++``
* ``++com.ibm.db2.jdbc.net.DB2Driver++``
* ``++com.sybase.jdbc.SybDriver++``
* ``++com.sybase.jdbc2.jdbc.SybDriver++``
* ``++com.teradata.jdbc.TeraDriver++``
* ``++com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver++``
* ``++org.postgresql.Driver++``
* ``++sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver++``
* ``++org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCDriver++``
* ``++org.h2.Driver++``
* ``++org.firebirdsql.jdbc.FBDriver++``
* ``++net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver++``
* ``++com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver++``


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,java]
----
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class Demo {
  private static final String DRIVER_CLASS_NAME = "org.postgresql.Driver";
  private final Connection connection;

  public Demo(String serverURI) throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException {
    Class.forName(DRIVER_CLASS_NAME); // Noncompliant; no longer required to load the JDBC Driver using Class.forName()
    connection = DriverManager.getConnection(serverURI);
  }
}
----


=== Compliant solution

[source,java]
----
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class Demo {
    private final Connection connection;

    public Demo(String serverURI) throws SQLException {
        connection = DriverManager.getConnection(serverURI);
    }
}
----

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=== Message

Remove this "Class.forName()", it is useless.


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