Retrieving Tables from a Database : MySQL « Database « Java Tutorial

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import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    String driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
    String user = "root";
    String pass = "root";

    Class.forName(driver);
    Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/jdbctutorial", user,
        pass);

    DatabaseMetaData dbm = con.getMetaData();
    String[] types = { "TABLE" };
    ResultSet rs = dbm.getTables(null, null, "%", types);
    System.out.println("Table name:");
    while (rs.next()) {
      String table = rs.getString("TABLE_NAME");
      System.out.println(table);
      con.close();
    }

  }
}