JDBC driver
![Schematic of the JDBC-ODBC bridge](/Images/godic/202501/21/JDBC_driver2055.png")
![Schematic of the Native API driver](/Images/godic/202501/21/Native_API_driver2055.png")
![Schematic of the Network Protocol driver](/Images/godic/202501/21/Network_Protocol_driver2055.png")
![Schematic of the Native-Protocol driver](/Images/godic/202501/21/Native_Protocol_driver2055.png")
A JDBC driver is a software component enabling a Java application to interact with a database. JDBC drivers are analogous to ODBC drivers, ADO.NET data providers, and OLE DB providers.
To connect with individual databases, JDBC (the Java Database Connectivity API) requires drivers for each database. The JDBC driver gives out the connection to the database and implements the protocol for transferring the query and result between client and database.