Connection connection = null; try { } catch (SQLException e) { } finally { if (connection != null) { } } BoneCPConfig config = new BoneCPConfig(); config.setAcquireIncrement(5); config.setAcquireRetryAttempts(10); config.setIdleConnectionTestPeriod(60); BoneCP connectionPool = new BoneCP(config); BoneCP connectionPool = new BoneCP(config); Connection connection = null; try { connection = connectionPool.getConnection(); } catch (SQLException e) { connectionPool = new BoneCP(config); connection = connectionPool.getConnection(); }