Netbeans: using gradle to connect to mariadb

1. Create project "Java with Gradle" -> "Java Application"
2. Under tab "Project" -> Project Files, edit pom.xml and add mariadb jconnect client
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
...
  <dependencies>
...
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
    <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
    <version>3.5.3</version>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
...
</project>
3. Test connection using this code
     public static void main(String[] args) throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    String muser = "my_user";
    String mpass = "my_password";
    String murl = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:3306/my_database_name";
    Class.forName("org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver");
    Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(murl, muser, mpass);
    System.out.println("ok");
  }