package com.devcolibri.datavase;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.Driver;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class Main {
    private static String driver   = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
    private final static String URL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/";
    private final static String DBNAME= "gregs_list";
    private final static String USERNAME ="root";
    private final static String PASSWORD ="root";

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Connection con ;

        try {
            Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
            Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(URL+DBNAME,USERNAME,PASSWORD);
            if (conn != null)
                System.out.println ("Приложение подключилось к БД !");
            else
                System.out.println ("Приложение НЕ подключилось к БД ?");

            conn.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.devcolibri</groupId>
    <artifactId>com.devcolibri.databaseexam</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

 <dependencies><!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/mysql/mysql-connector-java -->
     <dependency>
         <groupId>mysql</groupId>
         <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
         <version>8.0.11</version>
     </dependency>
 </dependencies>
</project>