docs/modules/databases/oraclexe.md
Testcontainers module for Oracle XE
You can start an Oracle-XE container instance from any Java application by using:
<!--codeinclude-->Container creation inside_block:container
<!--/codeinclude-->See Database containers for documentation and usage that is common to all relational database container types.
jdbc:tc:oracle:21-slim-faststart:///databasename
See JDBC for documentation.
Add the following dependency to your pom.xml/build.gradle file:
=== "Gradle"
groovy testImplementation "org.testcontainers:testcontainers-oracle-xe:{{latest_version}}"
=== "Maven"
xml <dependency> <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId> <artifactId>testcontainers-oracle-xe</artifactId> <version>{{latest_version}}</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency>
!!! hint Adding this Testcontainers library JAR will not automatically add a database driver JAR to your project. You should ensure that your project also has a suitable database driver as a dependency.