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The interface that every driver class must implement.

The Java SQL framework allows for multiple database drivers.

Each driver should supply a class that implements

the Driver interface.

The DriverManager will try to load as many drivers as it can

find and then for any given connection request, it will ask each

driver in turn to try to connect to the target URL.

It is strongly recommended that each Driver class should be

small and standalone so that the Driver class can be loaded and

queried without bringing in vast quantities of supporting code.

When a Driver class is loaded, it should create an instance of

itself and register it with the DriverManager. This means that a

user can load and register a driver by calling:

Class.forName("foo.bah.Driver")

A JDBC driver may create a DriverAction implementation in order

to receive notifications when DriverManager.deregisterDriver(java.sql.Driver) has

been called.