public Connection getConnection() {

		try {

			Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();

			conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);

		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (InstantiationException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (SQLException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		return conn;
	}