public DirectedMovies delete(DirectedMovies directedMovie) throws SQLException { String deleteDirectedMovie = "DELETE FROM DirectedMovies WHERE DirectedMovieId=?;"; Connection connection = null; PreparedStatement deleteStmt = null; try { connection = connectionManager.getConnection(); deleteStmt = connection.prepareStatement(deleteDirectedMovie); deleteStmt.setInt(1, directedMovie.getDirectedMovieId()); deleteStmt.executeUpdate(); return null; } catch (SQLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); throw e; } finally { if (connection != null) { connection.close(); } if (deleteStmt != null) { deleteStmt.close(); } } }