public static Connection getAMSConnection() {

		Connection amsConnection = null;
		log.info("Inside getAMSConnection method to retrieve the connection from AMS Database ");

		try {
			String userName = hibernate_username;
			String password = hibernate_password;
			String url = hibernate_url;
			String driverName = hibernate_driver_name;
			Class.forName(driverName);
			amsConnection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, userName, password);
		} catch (ClassNotFoundException classNotFoundException) {
			log.error("Not able to connect to AMS DB due to Dbconnection getAMSconnection " + classNotFoundException);
		} catch (SQLException sqlException) {
			log.error("Not able to connect to AMS DB due to Dbconnection getAMSconnection " + sqlException);
		}

		return amsConnection;
	}