private static final BasicDataSource dataSource = new BasicDataSource();

static {
    dataSource.setDriverClassName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
    dataSource.setUrl("jdbc:mysql://111.111.111.111/db");
    dataSource.setUsername("server");
    dataSource.setPassword("serverpass");
}

public Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
    return dataSource.getConnection();
}