package app;

import java.sql.*;
import java.util.*;
/**
 *
 * @author sqlitetutorial.net
 */
public class Connect {
     /**
     * Connect to a sample database
     */
    public static ArrayList<String> connect() {
        ArrayList<String> data = new ArrayList<String>();
        Connection conn = null;
        try {
            // db parameters
            String url = "jdbc:sqlite:chinook.db";
            // create a connection to the database
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url);

            System.out.println("Connection to SQLite has been established.");

            String sql = "SELECT FirstName, LastName FROM employees";
            try (Connection openConn = conn;
                Statement stmt  = openConn.createStatement();
                ResultSet rs    = stmt.executeQuery(sql)){

                // loop through the result set
                while (rs.next()) {
                    data.add(rs.getString("FirstName") + " " +
                                       rs.getString("LastName"));
                }
            } catch (SQLException e) {
                System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            }

        } catch (SQLException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        } finally {
            try {
                if (conn != null) {
                    conn.close();
                }
            } catch (SQLException ex) {
                System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
            }
        }
        return data;
    }
}