private static Connection connection;

public static void main(String[] args) {
	connection = getConnection();
}

private static Connection getConnection() {
	try {
		String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306";
		String username = "username";
		String password = "password";
		Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
		System.out.println("Connected to MySQL");
		return connection;
	} catch (SQLException e) {
		e.printStackTrace();
	}
	System.err.println("Connection to MySQL failed");
	return null;
}