new (DataObjects::Connection)

    # File lib/data_objects/connection.rb, line 12
        def self.new(uri_s)
          uri = DataObjects::URI::parse(uri_s)

          case uri.scheme.to_sym
          when :java
            warn 'JNDI URLs (connection strings) are only for use with JRuby' unless RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /java/
            # TODO: handle jndi connection strings
          when :jdbc
            warn 'JDBC URLs (connection strings) are only for use with JRuby' unless RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /java/

            driver_name = if uri.path.split(':').first == 'sqlite'
              'sqlite3'
            elsif uri.path.split(':').first == 'postgresql'
              'postgres'
            else
              uri.path.split(':').first
            end

            conn_uri = uri_s # NOTE: for now, do not reformat this JDBC connection
                             # string -- or, in other words, do not let
                             # DataObjects::URI#to_s be called -- as it is not
                             # correctly handling JDBC URLs, and in doing so, causing
                             # java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection to throw a
                             # 'No suitable driver found for...' exception.
          else
            driver_name = uri.scheme
            conn_uri = uri
          end

          # Exceptions to how a driver class is determined for a given URI
          driver_class = if driver_name == 'sqlserver'
            'SqlServer'
          else
            driver_name.capitalize
          end

          DataObjects.const_get(driver_class)::Connection.new(conn_uri)
        end