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Connection vs. DataSource
Applies to ✅ Open Source Edition ✅ Express Edition ✅ Professional Edition ✅ Enterprise Edition
Interact with JDBC Connections
While you can use jOOQ for SQL building only, you can also run queries against a JDBC java.sql.Connection. Internally, jOOQ creates java.sql.Statement or java.sql.PreparedStatement objects from such a Connection, in order to execute statements. The normal operation mode is to provide a Configuration with a JDBC Connection, whose lifecycle you will control yourself. This means that jOOQ will not actively close connections, rollback or commit transactions.
Note, in this case, jOOQ will internally use a org.jooq.impl.DefaultConnectionProvider, which you can reference directly if you prefer that. The DefaultConnectionProvider exposes various transaction-control methods, such as commit(), rollback(), etc.
Interact with JDBC DataSources
If you're in a Java EE or Spring context, however, you may wish to use a javax.sql.DataSource instead. Connections obtained from such a DataSource will be closed after query execution by jOOQ. The semantics of such a close operation should be the returning of the connection into a connection pool, not the actual closing of the underlying connection. Typically, this makes sense in an environment using distributed JTA transactions.
Note, in this case, jOOQ will internally use a org.jooq.impl.DataSourceConnectionProvider, which you can reference directly if you prefer that.
Inject custom behaviour
If your specific environment works differently from any of the above approaches, you can inject your own custom implementation of a ConnectionProvider into jOOQ. This is the API contract you have to fulfil:
public interface ConnectionProvider {
// Provide jOOQ with a connection
Connection acquire() throws DataAccessException;
// Get a connection back from jOOQ
void release(Connection connection) throws DataAccessException;
}
Reactive querying
If you wish to use an R2DBC driver, you do not have to supply a org.jooq.ConnectionProvider to your Configuration. Instead, jOOQ can work with a io.r2dbc.spi.Connection (jOOQ will never close it) or io.r2dbc.spi.ConnectionFactory (jOOQ will close all R2DBC Connections that it creates).
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