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This page should be a repository for all those "Frequently Asked Questions" or FAQs posted on the DTP newsgroups, mailing lists, and whatnot.

Connectivity

Q: How do I programmatically access an existing connection profile?

A: This is pretty simple:

  IConnectionProfile profile = ProfileManager.getInstance().getProfileByName("myprofile");

Q: How do I connect to an existing connection profile programmatically?

A: Again, pretty simple:

  IConnectionProfile profile = ProfileManager.getInstance().getProfileByName("myprofile");
  IStatus status = profile.connect();
  if (status.equals(IStatus.OK)) {
     // success
  } else {
     // failure :(
     if (status.getException() != null) {
        status.getException().printStackTrace();
     }
  } 

Q: How do I get the raw JDBC Connection from my connected connection profile?

  public java.sql.Connection getJavaConnectionForProfile (IConnectionProfile profile) {
     IConnection connection = ProfileConnectionManager.getProfileConnectionManagerInstance().getConnection(profile,"java.sql.Connection");
     if (connection != null) {
        return (java.sql.Connection) connection.getRawConnection();
     }
     return null;
  } 

Q: How do I get at the database model from my connected connection profile?

A: This is a little more difficult, but along the same lines of getting a JDBC connection. We just have a different connection type under the covers that lumps a reference to the Database model object with some other bits and pieces about the connection called "ConnectionInfo".

  IManagedConnection managedConnection = ((IConnectionProfile)profile).getManagedConnection("org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.sqm.core.connection.ConnectionInfo");
  if (managedConnection != null) {
     try {
        ConnectionInfo connectionInfo = (ConnectionInfo) managedConnection.getConnection().getRawConnection();
        if (connectionInfo != null) {
           Database database = connectionInfo.getSharedDatabase();
           // do something with the database reference… this is an EMF object, so you can query for any underlying properties of the object such as
           // child Catalogs, Schemas, Tables, etc... Just work your way down the hierarchy
        }
     } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
     }
  }