A class that uses a static initialization block

public class ProductDB
{
    private static Connection connection; // static variable

    // the static initialization block
    static
    {
        try
        {
            Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
            String url = "jdbc:odbc:MurachProducts";
            String user = "Admin";
            String password = "";
            connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url,
                user, password);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(
            "Error connecting to database.");
        }
    }

    // static methods that use the Connection object
    public static Product get(String code){}
    public static boolean add(Product product){}
    public static boolean update(Product product){}
    public static boolean delete(String code){}
}