package org.kodejava.jdbc;

import java.sql.*;

public class GettingTableListExample {
    private static final String URL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/kodejava";
    private static final String USERNAME = "kodejava";
    private static final String PASSWORD = "s3cr*t";

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try (Connection connection =
                     DriverManager.getConnection(URL, USERNAME, PASSWORD)) {

            // Gets the metadata of the database
            DatabaseMetaData metaData = connection.getMetaData();
            String[] types = {"TABLE"};

            ResultSet rs = metaData.getTables("kodejava", "kodejava", "%", types);
            while (rs.next()) {
                String tableCatalog = rs.getString(1);
                String tableSchema = rs.getString(2);
                String tableName = rs.getString(3);

                System.out.printf("%s - %s - %s%n",
                        tableCatalog, tableSchema, tableName);
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Here is the result:

kodejava - null - author
kodejava - null - book_author
kodejava - null - book

Maven Dependencies

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
    <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
    <version>8.1.0</version>
</dependency>

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Wayan

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