The JDBC Architecture consists of two layers:

  • The JDBC API, which provides the application-to-JDBC Manager connection.
  • The JDBC Driver API, which supports the JDBC Manager-to-Driver Connection.

The JDBC API uses a driver manager and database-specific drivers to provide transparent connectivity to heterogeneous databases. The JDBC driver manager ensures that the correct driver is used to access each data source. The driver manager is capable of supporting multiple concurrent drivers connected to multiple heterogeneous databases. The location of the driver manager with JDBCto the JDBC drivers and the Java application is shown in Figure .