Using mysqlconnector with an IntelliJ Plugin - mysql

Question

I am hoping you might be able to help me with an issue that I can not manage to find a solution for. I want to build an IntelliJ Plugin that is able to connect to a mysql database. However, adding the mysql connector jar as a library like you would for a simple project does not seem to work and I am out of ways to try it to work. Do you have any suggestions I might try? I thought about the plugin.xml dependencies but I can not seem to find a way to specify the dependency properly. Any hint would be much appreciated.
Here is what I have tried:
In a plugin project, I added the mysql connector as dependency:
dependency setup
I have a DB connection class:
connection class
And another class where I've added my main method and I want to execute an SQL query:
execution result
As seen, I am getting a ClassNotFound exception for the Driver.
If I do the exact same setup, but on a simple Java project, the connection runs with no issues. See below:
dependency setup
result
There is a warning about the deprecated explicit loading of the Diver but this is not the issue. Even iv I remove this, the plugin project still can not find the class.

Answer 1

Actually it seems like the recommended way of declaring dependencies for the Plugins is via Gradle dependencies.
Comment by Jakub here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6D5-xEaYig&lc=UgzA2TPtX_1H2PaL7Q54AaABAg.9Mv96dstxEG9N20UT7YuRQ
I looked up how to declare mysql as gradle dependency and found this: https://www.reddit.com/r/gradle/comments/apme5g/how_to_add_mysqlconnector_to_gradle_build/
So I used
dependencies {
implementation ("mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.24")
}
in build.gradle and all works fine now :)
Hope this will help others as well.