New Features in JDBC 4.0

JDBC 4.0 specification was made available in December 2006. Most databases provide at least a partial support for the JDBC 4.0 specification, in their JDBC drivers. JDBC 4.0 specification is implemented in JDK 6.0. Some of the new features of JDBC 4.0 specification, and the database support for JDBC 4.0 specification are discussed in the following sections.