title: MySQL implementation of connection pools
body: <p>Does MySQL jdbc driver has built in support for database connection pools? (like Oracle has OracleDataSource class)</p>
  
  <p>I did a thorough search but couldn't find any. I know that I can use external libraries such as dbcp or boneCp and also that application servers such as tomcat and jboss supports connection  pools.</p>
  
  <p>But I would be interested to know if MySQL does have it's own implementation of connection pools.</p>
  
  <p>Thank in advance.</p>