public class OracleJdbcTest  
{  
    String driverClass = "oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver";  

    Connection con;  

    public void init(FileInputStream fs) throws ClassNotFoundException, SQLException, FileNotFoundException, IOException  
    {  
        Properties props = new Properties();  
        props.load(fs);  
        String url = props.getProperty("db.url");  
        String userName = props.getProperty("db.user");  
        String password = props.getProperty("db.password");  
        Class.forName(driverClass);  

        con=DriverManager.getConnection(url, userName, password);  
    }  

    public void fetch() throws SQLException, IOException  
    {  
        PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement("select SYSDATE from dual");  
        ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery();  

        while (rs.next())  
        {  
            // do the thing you do  
        }  
        rs.close();  
        ps.close();  
    }  

    public static void main(String[] args)  
    {  
        OracleJdbcTest test = new OracleJdbcTest();  
        test.init();  
        test.fetch();  
    }  
}