public Connection getConnection()
    {
        try
        {
            //Load database driver class
            if(this.link == null || this.link.isEmpty())
            {
                this.link = "com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver";  //Updated driver class name
            }
            Class.forName(this.link);

            //Establish a new connection
            return DriverManager.getConnection(this.url, this.user, this.password);
        }
        catch(SQLException | ClassNotFoundException throwable)
        {
            throwable.printStackTrace();
            Logger.info(CoreModule.getPlugin(), "MySQLDatabase", "There is a problem in the MySQL database connection!");
        }
        return null;
    }

public Connection getConnection()
    {
        try
        {
            //Load database driver class
            if(this.link == null || this.link.isEmpty())
            {
                this.link = "com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver";  //Updated driver class name
            }
            Class.forName(this.link);

            //Establish a new connection
            return DriverManager.getConnection(this.url, this.user, this.password);
        }
        catch(SQLException | ClassNotFoundException throwable)
        {
            throwable.printStackTrace();
            Logger.info(CoreModule.getPlugin(), "MySQLDatabase", "There is a problem in the MySQL database connection!");
        }
        return null;
    }