code: public void setDriverClassName(String driver)
      {
          try
          {
              this.driver = (Driver) Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
          }
          catch (Exception e)
          {
              throw new RuntimeException("Unable to load driver: " + driver, e);
          }
      }
docs: sets the driver class name. This is used in conjunction with the JDBC connection string
  @param driver the driver class name, for example "com.sybase.jdbc4.jdbc.SybDriver"