4.4.1.3 Changes in the Connector/J API

This section describes some of the more important changes to the Connector/J API going from version 5.1 to 8.0 and beyond. You might need to adjust your API calls accordingly:

• The name of the class that implements java.sql.Driver in MySQL Connector/J has changed from com.mysql.jdbc.Driver to com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver. The old class name has been deprecated.

• The names of these commonly-used classes and interfaces have also been changed:

  • ExceptionInterceptor: from com.mysql.jdbc.ExceptionInterceptor to com.mysql.cj.exceptions.ExceptionInterceptor

  • StatementInterceptor: from com.mysql.jdbc.StatementInterceptorV2 to com.mysql.cj.interceptors.QueryInterceptor

  • ConnectionLifecycleInterceptor: from com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionLifecycleInterceptor to com.mysql.cj.jdbc.interceptors.ConnectionLifecycleInterceptor

  • AuthenticationPlugin: from com.mysql.jdbc.AuthenticationPlugin to com.mysql.cj.protocol.AuthenticationPlugin

  • BalanceStrategy: from com.mysql.jdbc.BalanceStrategy to com.mysql.cj.jdbc.ha.BalanceStrategy

  • MysqlDataSource: from com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource to com.mysql.cj.jdbc.MysqlDataSource

  • MysqlDataSourceFactory: from com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSourceFactory to com.mysql.cj.jdbc.MysqlDataSourceFactory

  • MysqlConnectionPoolDataSource: from com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlConnectionPoolDataSource to com.mysql.cj.jdbc.MysqlConnectionPoolDataSource

  • MysqlXADataSource: from com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlXADataSource to com.mysql.cj.jdbc.MysqlXADataSource

  • MysqlXid: from com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlXid to com.mysql.cj.jdbc.MysqlXid