# Getting started with Testcontainers for Java — Implement the business logic

> Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```java package com.testcontainers.demo; public record Customer(Long id, String name) {} ``` Create a DBConnectionProvider class to hold JDBC connection parameters and provide a database Connection Bounded code example (external dat

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Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```java
package com.testcontainers.demo;

public record Customer(Long id, String name) {}
```

Create a DBConnectionProvider class to hold JDBC connection parameters and provide a database Connection

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```java
package com.testcontainers.demo;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;

class DBConnectionProvider {

  private final String url;
  private final String username;
  private final String password;

  public DBConnectionProvider(String url, String username, String password) {
    this.url = url;
    this.username = username;
    this.password = password;
  }

  Connection getConnection() {
    try {
      return DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
  }
}
```

Create the CustomerService class

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```java
package com.testcontainers.demo;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class CustomerService {

  private final DBConnectionProvider connectionProvider;

  public CustomerService(DBConnectionProvider connectionProvider) {
    this.connectionProvider = connectionProvider;
    createCustomersTableIfNotExists();
  }

  public void createCustomer(Customer customer) {
    try (Connection conn = this.connectionProvider.getConnection()) {
      PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(
        "insert into customers(id,name) values(?,?)"
      );
      pstmt.setLong(1, customer.id());
      pstmt.setString(2, customer.name());
      pstmt.execute();
    } catch (SQLException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
  }

  public List&lt;Custome
```

Here's what CustomerService does

The constructor calls createCustomersTableIfNotExists() to ensure the table exists. createCustomer() inserts a customer record into the database. getAllCustomers() fetches all rows from the customers table and returns a list of Customer objects.

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