Simple Backup and Restore for mysql Database from Java

Question

How to backup a mysql database from a java code such that:

1. It's saving path is dynamically allocated.
2. Spaces in Path do not create problems.
3. Path is generated using the executing jar file.
4. DBname,DBusername or DBpass are dynamically allotted.
5. Creating a specialized folder to save the backup file.

Answer 1

Note: The codes given below are one way of solving the problem and probably not the best method. Everything is changeable inside the code. If you do not have mysql in environment variables, add the path before mysqldump and mysql (e.g. For XAMPP, C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqldump)

(Hope, this will solve your problems. Took me a day to completely figure out everything and implement them properly)

Method for Backup:

public static void Backupdbtosql() {
    try {

        /*NOTE: Getting path to the Jar file being executed*/
        /*NOTE: YourImplementingClass-> replace with the class executing the code*/
        CodeSource codeSource = YourImplementingClass.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource();
        File jarFile = new File(codeSource.getLocation().toURI().getPath());
        String jarDir = jarFile.getParentFile().getPath();


        /*NOTE: Creating Database Constraints*/
        String dbName = "YourDBName";
        String dbUser = "YourUserName";
        String dbPass = "YourUserPassword";

        /*NOTE: Creating Path Constraints for folder saving*/
        /*NOTE: Here the backup folder is created for saving inside it*/
        String folderPath = jarDir + "\\backup";

        /*NOTE: Creating Folder if it does not exist*/
        File f1 = new File(folderPath);
        f1.mkdir();

        /*NOTE: Creating Path Constraints for backup saving*/
        /*NOTE: Here the backup is saved in a folder called backup with the name backup.sql*/
         String savePath = "\"" + jarDir + "\\backup\\" + "backup.sql\"";

        /*NOTE: Used to create a cmd command*/
        String executeCmd = "mysqldump -u" + dbUser + " -p" + dbPass + " --database " + dbName + " -r " + savePath;

        /*NOTE: Executing the command here*/
        Process runtimeProcess = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(executeCmd);
        int processComplete = runtimeProcess.waitFor();

        /*NOTE: processComplete=0 if correctly executed, will contain other values if not*/
        if (processComplete == 0) {
            System.out.println("Backup Complete");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Backup Failure");
        }

    } catch (URISyntaxException | IOException | InterruptedException ex) {
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Error at Backuprestore" + ex.getMessage());
    }
}

Method for Restore:

public static void Restoredbfromsql(String s) {
        try {
            /*NOTE: String s is the mysql file name including the .sql in its name*/
            /*NOTE: Getting path to the Jar file being executed*/
            /*NOTE: YourImplementingClass-> replace with the class executing the code*/
            CodeSource codeSource = YourImplementingClass.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource();
            File jarFile = new File(codeSource.getLocation().toURI().getPath());
            String jarDir = jarFile.getParentFile().getPath();

            /*NOTE: Creating Database Constraints*/
             String dbName = "YourDBName";
             String dbUser = "YourUserName";
             String dbPass = "YourUserPassword";

            /*NOTE: Creating Path Constraints for restoring*/
            String restorePath = jarDir + "\\backup" + "\\" + s;

            /*NOTE: Used to create a cmd command*/
            /*NOTE: Do not create a single large string, this will cause buffer locking, use string array*/
            String[] executeCmd = new String[]{"mysql", dbName, "-u" + dbUser, "-p" + dbPass, "-e", " source " + restorePath};

            /*NOTE: processComplete=0 if correctly executed, will contain other values if not*/
            Process runtimeProcess = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(executeCmd);
            int processComplete = runtimeProcess.waitFor();

            /*NOTE: processComplete=0 if correctly executed, will contain other values if not*/
            if (processComplete == 0) {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Successfully restored from SQL : " + s);
            } else {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Error at restoring");
            }


        } catch (URISyntaxException | IOException | InterruptedException | HeadlessException ex) {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Error at Restoredbfromsql" + ex.getMessage());
        }

    }