Java Cart DBConnection java

package cart.dbUtils;


import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;


//DBConnection - manages one connection to the DataBase
//--->could be moved to be inner class of DBCOnnectionPool
//--->could keep track of things about itself, 
//--->such as when last used and by what
//author - Lawrence Truett - FluffyCat.com
//date - May 28, 2003 - San Diego, CA
public class DBConnection {
    private Connection connection = null;
    
    //the unique prefix that many web hosts generate
    private static String dbPrefix = "xxxx";    
    
    public DBConnection() {
        //register the driver
        try {
            // The newInstance() call is a work around for some
            // broken Java implementations -- from the MySQL
            // documentation
            //Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
            //using the mmMySQL driver
            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
            //Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver");            
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            System.out.println("Exception getting driver");
            System.out.println("Exception: " + ex);
        }
    }
    
    public Connection getConnection() {
        if (null == connection) {connect();}
        
        return connection;
    }
    
    private void connect() {
        
        try {
            //with MySQL users are listed my.ini, 
            //and you must do grant(s) for the users
            //String dbName = dbPrefix + "cart";
            //String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/" + dbName;
            //String username = dbPrefix + "xx";
            //String password = "xx";
            //connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url,
            // username, password);
            
            connection = DriverManager.getConnection
               ("jdbc:mysql://localhost/xx_xx?user=xx&password=xx");
        
        } catch (java.sql.SQLException ex) {
            // handle any errors
            System.out.println("SQLException: " + ex.getMessage());
            System.out.println("SQLState: " + ex.getSQLState());
            System.out.println("VendorError: " + ex.getErrorCode());
        }
    }
    
    private void disconnect() {
        try {
            connection.close();
        } catch (java.sql.SQLException sqlException) {
            System.out.println("The following error occured in"+  
                "connection to the database: " + sqlException);
            connection = null;
        }
    }
    
    //because many hosts add a prefix to all 
    //databases created on them
    public static String getDBPrefix() {
        return dbPrefix;
    }        
}