// Load the driver for the connection to MySQL
String DRIVER = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
try {
  Class.forName(DRIVER);
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
  System.err.println("Driver not found: " + e);
}

// Connection to the MySQL database
String URL_myDB = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/database";   // Database URL
String user = "root";                                       // Database user name
String password = "";                                       // Database user password
Connection connection = null;
try {
  connection = DriverManager.getConnection(URL_myDB, user, password);
} catch (Exception e) {
  System.err.println("Error while connecting to the database: " + e);
}

//CODE HERE

// Close the connection
try {
  connection.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
  System.err.println("Error while closing the connection to the databse: " + e);
}