Load balancing in JDBC

import java.sql.*;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.Properties;

public class JDBCLoadingBalanceExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Properties myProp = new Properties();
        myProp.put("user", "dbadmin");
        myProp.put("password", "example_password123");
        myProp.put("loginTimeout", "35");
        myProp.put("ConnectionLoadBalance", "1");
        Connection conn;

        for (int x = 1; x <= 4; x++) {
            try {
                System.out.print("Connect attempt #" + x + "...");
                conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
                    "jdbc:vertica://node01.example.com:5433/vmart", myProp);
                Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
                // Set the load balance policy to round robin before testing the database's load balancing.
                stmt.execute("SELECT SET_LOAD_BALANCE_POLICY('ROUNDROBIN');");
                // Query system to table to see what node we are connected to. Assume a single row
                // in response set.
                ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT node_name FROM v_monitor.current_session;");
                rs.next();
                System.out.println("Connected to node " + rs.getString(1).trim());
                conn.close();
            } catch (SQLTransientConnectionException connException) {
                // There was a potentially temporary network error
                // Could automatically retry a number of times here, but
                // instead just report error and exit.
                System.out.print("Network connection issue: ");
                System.out.print(connException.getMessage());
                System.out.println(" Try again later!");
                return;
            } catch (SQLInvalidAuthorizationSpecException authException) {
                // Either the username or password was wrong
                System.out.print("Could not log into database: ");
                System.out.print(authException.getMessage());
                System.out.println(" Check the login credentials and try again.");
                return;
            } catch (SQLException e) {
                // Catch-all for other exceptions
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
}