public class SQL
{
    private static String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@host.tld:port:gporcl";
        private static String username = "username";
    private static String password = "password";

    private static Connection connect() throws Error {
        try {
                    OracleDriver driver = new OracleDriver();
                    driver = null;
                    Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
                    return DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
        } catch (SQLException e) {
                    throw new Error("Could not connect to Database.");
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                    throw new Error("Class not found?");
                }
    }