MySQL Connector/J for use as an external library / optional dependency by other plugins or mods.
- This mod doesn't do anything by itself — but it can be used by other plugins/mods that need MySQL Connector/J on the classpath.
- This is a direct repackage of MySQL Connector/J with added mod metadata so it loads as a Bukkit/Spigot/Paper plugin, a Fabric mod, or a Forge / NeoForge mod.
- There are no modifications to the underlying driver.
The jar is universal: one file works on Spigot/Paper from 1.8 to current, Fabric from 1.16.1 to current, Forge from 1.12 to 1.20, and NeoForge from 1.21 onward.
Server-side database drivers are not bundled with vanilla Minecraft, Fabric, or NeoForge. CraftBukkit and Paper bundle SQLite + MySQL but no other drivers. Plugins and mods that want to use MySQL Connector/J can declare it as a compileOnly dependency and probe for its presence at runtime via Class.forName(...). Operators install this jar alongside their other plugins/mods to provide the driver classes on the classpath.
On Paper 1.17+ where each plugin's classloader is isolated, consumers should declare this plugin in their softdepend list so the classloader graph links them.
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