For Java database connections you will need to add the proper JDBC library to your project or classpath.

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

public class JdbcMySQLVersion {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // Configure jdbc connection string properties as necessary for your setup.
        String url = "jdbc:mysql://host.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu:3306/dbname?useSSL=false&useJDBCCompliantTimezoneShift=true&useLegacyDatetimeCode=false&serverTimezone=UTC";
        String user = "remoteUser";
        String password = "bigsecurepassword";

        String query = "SELECT table_name.column_name
                        FROM table_name
                        WHERE table_name.field=something";

        try (Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password);
            Statement st = conn.createStatement();
            ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery(query)) {

            while (rs.next()) {

                System.out.println(rs.getString(1));
            }

        } catch (SQLException ex) {

            Logger lgr = Logger.getLogger(JdbcMySQLVersion.class.getName());
            lgr.log(Level.SEVERE, ex.getMessage(), ex);
        }
    }
}