jdbc error java class trying to connect to linux mysql server -

my error!

dbconnection2.java:38: unreported exception java.lang.instantiationexception; must caught or declared thrown class.forname("com.mysql.jdbc.driver").newinstance();

problem: .newinstance();

my code:

import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; import java.lang.*; import java.util.*; import java.sql.*;  import java.util.stringtokenizer;  public class dbconnection2 {      string url = "jdbc:mysql://<myserver>/<mydatabase>";     java.sql.connection con = null;     string query1;     statement stmt;      public dbconnection2()     {         try         { //***error here*****                class.forname("com.mysql.jdbc.driver").newinstance();   //***error here*****                    }                  catch(java.lang.classnotfoundexception e)         {                system.err.println(e.getmessage());         }          try                                            {                                                 con = java.sql.drivermanager.getconnection(url,"read","read");             stmt = con.createstatement();         }         catch(sqlexception ex)         {             system.err.println("sqlexception:72 appserver " + ex.getmessage());         }     }  } 

the error says is. new instance instantiation through reflection needs handled (caught or thrown).

that said, aren't doing new instance - aren't assigning , in case, doesn't need called.

class.forname("com.mysql.jdbc.driver"); 

just - fix error.

realize still has other problems lurking in code - 1 of if have error of not being able load class, print out error message, continue on in next try block , error out again there.