MariaDB java connector is a JDBC 4.2 compatible driver, used to connect applications developed in Java to MariaDB and MySQL databases. MariaDB Connector/J is LGPL licensed.

Tracker link https://jira.mariadb.org/projects/CONJ/issues/

For java 8 or more : (maintenance branch for java 7 is 1.x)

The driver (jar) can be downloaded from mariadb connector download or maven :

<dependency>	<groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>	<artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>	<version>2.5.4</version> </dependency> 

Development snapshot are available on sonatype nexus repository

<repositories> <repository> <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id> <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name> <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url> </repository> </repositories> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId> <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId> <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version> </dependency> </dependencies> 

For a Getting started guide, API docs, recipes, etc. see the

• About MariaDB connector/J
• Use MariaDB connector/j driver
• Changelog
• Failover and high-availability

To get started with a development installation and learn more about contributing, please follow the instructions at our Developers Guide.