How to solve java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test

The error "java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test" occurs when you try to connect MySQL database running on your localhost, listening on port 3306 port from Java program but either you don't have MySQL JDBC driver in your classpath or driver is not registered before calling the getConnection() method. Since JDBC API is part of JDK itself, when you write a Java program to connect any database like MySQL, SQL Server or Oracle, everything compiles fine, as you only use classes from JDK but at runtime, when the JDBC driver which is required to connect to database is not available, JDBC API either throws this error or "java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver".

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