@Override
  public void setCatalog(String catalog) throws SQLException {
    // Per JDBC spec, if the driver does not support catalogs,
    // it will silently ignore this request.
    if (isClosed) {
      throw new SQLException("Connection is closed");
    }
    return;
  }
Creates a Statement object for sending SQL statements to the database.

@throws SQLException
          if a database access error occurs.
@see java.sql.Connection#createStatement()
jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hive/jdbc/HiveConnection.java