connection error (3 replies)

hi I'm new to java,JDBC and MYSQL and I'm having trouble connecting to a database on my local host with JDBC i can connect with the mysql CLI client and work bench no problem its just when i try and connect with a test app in mysql-connector-java-5.1.13-bin here is my code with the login info changed and the stack trace

import java.sql.*;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.net.*;
public class Main {


public static void main(String[] args) {
Connection connect = null;

try {
Statement stmt;

//Register the JDBC driver for MySQL.
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");

//Define URL of database server for
// database named mysql on the localhost
// with the default port number 3306.
String url = "jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/JunkDB";

//Get a connection to the database for a
// user named root with a blank password.
// This user is the default administrator
// having full privileges to do anything.
Connection con =
DriverManager.getConnection(
url,"user1'@'localhost", "'pass1'");

//Display URL and connection information
System.out.println("URL: " + url);
System.out.println("Connection: " + con);

//Get a Statement object
stmt = con.createStatement();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.err.println ("Cannot connect to database server");
e.printStackTrace();
}

}
}


STACKTRACE:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:299)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:288)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:287)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:399)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:325)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:332)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:186)
at random.Main.main(Main.java:25)