Types of Drivers

In Java, there are four types of JDBC drivers available, which are as follows:

JDBC-ODBC Bridge driver: This driver provides a JDBC interface to ODBC data sources, allowing access to ODBC databases using JDBC APIs.

Native-API/partly Java driver: This driver uses the native API of the database and partly uses Java code to convert JDBC calls to native calls.

Network Protocol driver: This driver uses middleware that converts JDBC calls directly or indirectly into the vendor-specific database protocol. Thin driver (fully Java driver): This driver converts JDBC calls into the vendor-specific database protocol, using pure Java code. It is called a thin driver because it provides a middle layer between the JDBC API and the database, using a pure Java client library.