JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)

A Computer Database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system.

A DBMS is a complex set of software programs that controls the organization, storage, management, and retrieval of data in a database. DBMSare categorized according to their data structures or types. The DBMS accepts requests for data from the application program and instructs the operating system to transfer the appropriate data.

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) provides Java developers with a standard API that is used to access databases, regardless of the driver and database product. JDBC presents a uniform interface to databases - change vendors and your applications only need to change their driver.

Here our driver is an XML JDBC Driver that can access XML database. It consists of two parts:

1. DBMS (Database Managemenet System)
   handles data stored in XML file.
2. JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)
   
   handles data accessing and searching in data.