In an embedded environment, the embedded driver is initially loaded and registered when the java.sql.DriverManager class is initialized. That typically happens on the first call to a DriverManager method such as DriverManager.getConnection, as described in . Loading the driver also starts .

The driver class name for the embedded environment is org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver.

For detailed information about loading the JDBC driver, see "java.sql.Driver interface" in the .

If your application shuts down or calls the DriverManager.deregisterDriver method, and you then want to reload the driver, call the Class.forName().newInstance() method. See for more information.