public class DatabaseControl {
    Connection conn;

    public DatabaseControl()
    {
    }

    public static Connection getConnection(String dbURL, String user, String password)
    throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException {
        Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
        return DriverManager.getConnection(dbURL, user, password);
    }

    public void open()
    {
        try
        {
            conn = getConnection("jdbc:mysql://sql.ewi.tudelft.nl/DataBaseNaam", "user", "password");
        }catch(Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }