def configure_jdbc
        driver = @config[:driver].to_s
        user   = @config[:username].to_s
        pass   = @config[:password].to_s
        url    = @config[:url].to_s

        unless driver && url
          raise ArgumentError, "jdbc adapter requires driver class and url"
        end

        if driver =~ /mysql/i
          div = url =~ /\?/ ? '&' : '?'
          url = "#{url}#{div}zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull&jdbcCompliantTruncation=false"
          @config[:url] = url
        end

        JdbcDriver.load(driver)

        info = java.util.Properties.new;
        info.put("user", user)
        info.put("password", pass)

        require 'jruby'
        require 'java'
        rubycl = JRuby.runtime.getJRubyClassLoader
=begin
        params = java.lang.Class[3].new
        params[0] = java.lang.Class.forName('java.lang.String')
        params[1] = java.lang.Class.forName('java.util.Properties')
        params[2] = java.lang.Class.forName('java.lang.ClassLoader')
        method =  Jdbc::DriverManager.java_class.declared_method('getConnection', params)
=end
        methods = Jdbc::DriverManager.java_class.declared_class_methods.find_all { |m| m.name == 'getConnection' }
        # HACK: since we can't get the direct lookup of the method above
        method =  methods[3]
        method.accessible = true
        low_level_con = method.invoke_static(java.lang.String.new(url).java_object, info.java_object, rubycl.java_object)
        set_connection ::Java.java_to_ruby(low_level_con)
        #set_connection Jdbc::DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, pass)
      end