{"id":11460,"date":"2024-03-14T14:08:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-configure-the-data-source-in-mybatis\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T12:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T12:11:23","slug":"how-to-configure-the-data-source-in-mybatis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-configure-the-data-source-in-mybatis\/","title":{"rendered":"MyBatis Data Source Setup Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Configuring a data source in MyBatis primarily involves setting up the data source information in the configuration file. Below are the steps for configuring a data source:<\/p>\n<p>1. Configure data source information: Add relevant data source configuration information, such as database connection URL, username, and password, to the MyBatis configuration file (usually mybatis-config.xml).<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code class=\"lang-xml\">&lt;configuration&gt;\r\n    &lt;environments default=\"development\"&gt;\r\n        &lt;environment id=\"development\"&gt;\r\n            &lt;transactionManager type=\"JDBC\"\/&gt;\r\n            &lt;dataSource type=\"POOLED\"&gt;\r\n                &lt;property name=\"driver\" value=\"com.mysql.jdbc.Driver\"\/&gt;\r\n                &lt;property name=\"url\" value=\"jdbc:mysql:\/\/localhost:3306\/mydatabase\"\/&gt;\r\n                &lt;property name=\"username\" value=\"root\"\/&gt;\r\n                &lt;property name=\"password\" value=\"password\"\/&gt;\r\n            &lt;\/dataSource&gt;\r\n        &lt;\/environment&gt;\r\n    &lt;\/environments&gt;\r\n&lt;\/configuration&gt;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>2. Configure Mapper files: Include the path to the Mapper file in the configuration file, so that MyBatis knows where to find the mapping file for the Mapper interface.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code class=\"lang-xml\">&lt;mappers&gt;\r\n    &lt;mapper resource=\"com\/example\/mapper\/ExampleMapper.xml\"\/&gt;\r\n&lt;\/mappers&gt;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Create a data source: create a data source in your Java code, and then build a SqlSessionFactory object using SqlSessionFactoryBuilder.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code class=\"lang-java\">String resource = \"mybatis-config.xml\";\r\nInputStream inputStream = Resources.getResourceAsStream(resource);\r\nSqlSessionFactory sqlSessionFactory = new SqlSessionFactoryBuilder().build(inputStream);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>4. 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