What should the scope of a HikariDataSource object be?

Question

I'm trying to use the HikariCP to pool my database connections. Reading through their documentations quickly, I'm not sure if I should keep my HikariDataSource object in memory and always ask from the exact same object for new connections or can I instantiate a new HikariDataSource object each time I want to create a new connection?

Answer 1

It's preferred to create only one instance and use it for getting connection from pool using getConnection(), see also related answer that uses HikariDataSource in a singleton pattern