Servlet instantiate an object

Question

Hi all,
I wanted to know how a servlet will instantiate an object.Specifically,I want a servlet to instantiate a class/object with some JDBC code in it.
Kindly give an overview of this,any code samples would be really very beneficial.
Hoping to hear from you ASAP.
Thanks
AS

Answer 1

Like any other Java object. What follows is
semi-sorta-pseudo code:
public void doPost(signature next)
// Or whatever your JDBC class name is
DatabaseManager manager = null;
try
// Pass it whatever it needs to create the
eate the database connection
manager = new DatabaseManager();
// Now call whatever manager methods you
thods you want,
// passing whatever they need.
catch (Exception e)
// Might want to log, too
e.printStackTrace();
finally
// Close it out
manager.close();
}MODContinuing on the same thing.In my init method I have the following code
public void init() {
try{
    Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
    System.out.println("Driver loaded successfully");
   }//close try
catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
System.out.println(e.toString());
}//close catch
}//close init() method Do I have to change the Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); and put it into a new class file or leave it as it is and proceed with the doPost method.
Hoping to hear from you.
Thanks in advance
AS