static final String JDBC_DRIVER = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/SecureSharedStore";

//  Database credentials
static final String USER = "root";
static final String PASS = "password";

public static void main(String[] args) {
Connection conn = null;
Statement stmt = null;
try{
  //STEP 2: Register JDBC driver
  Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");

  //STEP 3: Open a connection
  System.out.println("Connecting to database...");
  conn = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL, USER, PASS);
 } catch(SQLException se){
  //Handle errors for JDBC
  se.printStackTrace();
}