/** Tries to connect to the database with given credentials */
private boolean tryConnect() throws MsfException {
Map status = (Map) rpcConn.execute("db.status");
if (status.containsKey("db")) return true; // already connected
HashMap opts = new HashMap();
addNonempty("host", hostField, opts);
addNonempty("port", portField, opts);
addNonempty("username", usernameField, opts);
addNonempty("password", passwordField, opts);
addNonempty("database", dbNameField, opts);
opts.put("driver", typeSpinner.getValue().toString());
props.put("dbdriver", typeSpinner.getValue().toString());
Map res = (Map) rpcConn.execute("db.connect", opts);
return "success".equals(res.get("result"));
} // GEN-LAST:event_connectButtonActionPerformed
/**
* Creates an RPC connection of the appropriate type and connection details
*
* @param type RPC type
* @param username
* @param password
* @param host IP address or hostname of RPC server
* @param port Port RPC server is operating on
* @param ssl Whether SSL is to be used
* @return A new RPC connection
* @throws MsfException
*/
public static RpcConnection getConn(
String username, char[] password, String host, int port, boolean ssl) throws MsfException {
RpcConnection conn = new MsgRpc();
conn.setup(username, password, host, port, ssl);
return conn;
}