The enterprise edition of AcuXDBC includes the "vortex.jar" file, which enables a Java client application to connect to your
               Vision database. The general Java-specific steps and requirements involved in connecting to a Vision database include the
               following:
               	 
            
 
            	 
             
               		
               - A Java source file that uses the 
                  		  DriverManager.getConnection method to initiate a COBOL database connection 
                  		
               
  
               		
               - String URL within the Java source file that includes the appropriate connection syntax 
                  		
               
  
               		
               - Java source file compiled using Java 1.5 or later 
                  		
               
  
               		
               - The path of 
                  		  vortex.jar specified in the CLASSPATH of the Java application you wish to run