DBConnection class

import java.sql.*;
/**
 * @Author FEN
 * @Version 2016.02.12
 * This class is used to create the connection to the database
 * It is implemented as a singleton. The constructor is private to ensure that only one connection exists
 */

public class DBConnection
{   //Constants used to get access to the database

    private static final String  driver = "172.17.241.186:1433";
    private static final String  databaseName = ";databaseName=company";

    private static String  userName = "; user=sa";
    private static String password = ";password=masterkey";

    private DatabaseMetaData dma;
    private static Connection con;

    // an instance of the class is generated
    private static DBConnection  instance = null;

    // the constructor is private to ensure that only one object of this class is created
    private DBConnection()
    {
        String url = driver + databaseName + userName + password;

        try{
            //load of driver
            Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver");
            System.out.println("Driver class loaded ok");

        }
        catch(Exception e){
            System.out.println("Cannot find the driver");
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
        try{
            //connection to the database
            con = DriverManager.getConnection(url);
            con.setAutoCommit(true);
            dma = con.getMetaData(); // get meta data
            System.out.println("Connection to " + dma.getURL());
            System.out.println("Driver " + dma.getDriverName());
            System.out.println("Database product name " + dma.getDatabaseProductName());
        }//end try
        catch(Exception e){
            System.out.println("Problems with the connection to the database:");
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            System.out.println(url);
        }//end catch
    }//end  constructor

  //closeDb: closes the connection to the database
    public static void closeConnection()
    {
        try{
            con.close();
            instance= null;
            System.out.println("The connection is closed");
        }
         catch (Exception e){
            System.out.println("Error trying to close the database " +  e.getMessage());
         }
    }//end closeDB

    //getDBcon: returns the singleton instance of the DB connection
    public  Connection getDBcon()
    {
       return con;
    }
    //this method is used to get the instance of the connection
    public static DBConnection getInstance()
    {
        if (instance == null)
        {
          instance = new DBConnection();
        }
        return instance;
    }

}//end DbConnection