Database Connection from Java

[prithaa]

Hello, I am trying to connect to mysql from Java with the following but getting this error Exception in thread "main" Communications link failure

package testPackage;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.util.Properties;

public class Main {

public static void main(String\[\] args) throws Exception {
	// TODO Auto-generated method stub
			  
	    try {
	      Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
	      Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/student?useSSL=true","root","success");  
	      System.out.print("Database is connected !");
		  con.close();				
}
	    catch(Exception e)
	    {
	    	System.out.println(e.getMessage());
	    	throw e;
	    }
	    	
	    }

}

[Lost User]

That message most likely means that JDBC cannot connect through port 3306, the mysql driver is not listening there, or some part of that path is not valid.