code: def connect(jclassname, driver_args, jars=None, libs=None):
      
  
      if _gateway_is_running():
          gateway = java_gateway.JavaGateway()
      else:
          driver_args = [driver_args] if isinstance(driver_args, str) else driver_args
  
          if jars:
              classpath = os.pathsep.join(jars) if isinstance(jars, list) else jars
          else:
              classpath = None
  
          if libs:
              javaopts = libs if isinstance(libs, list) else [libs]
          else:
              javaopts = []
  
          gateway = java_gateway.JavaGateway.launch_gateway(
              port=25333, classpath=classpath, javaopts=javaopts, die_on_exit=True)
  
          java_gateway.java_import(gateway.jvm, 'java.sql.DriverManager')
          gateway.jvm.Class.forName(jclassname)
  
      connection = gateway.jvm.DriverManager.getConnection(*driver_args)
      if _converters is None:
          types_map = {}
          for type in gateway.jvm.Class.forName("java.sql.Types").getFields():
              types_map[type.getName()] = type.getInt(None)
          _init_converters(types_map)
  
      return Connection(connection, _converters)
docs: Open a connection to a database using a JDBC driver and return
      a Connection instance.
  
      jclassname: Full qualified Java class name of the JDBC driver.
      driver_args: Argument or sequence of arguments to be passed to the
             Java DriverManager.getConnection method. Usually the
             database URL. See
             http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/sql/DriverManager.html
             for more details
      jars: Jar filename or sequence of filenames for the JDBC driver
      libs: Dll/so filenames or sequence of dlls/sos used as shared
            library by the JDBC driver