What type of driver is the JDBC Driver?
The drivers fall into the “Type 4” JDBC driver category, which is a native-protocol pure Java driver. This kind of driver converts JDBC calls into the network protocol used by DBMSs directly. This allows a direct call from the client machine to the DBMS server. Developers can use this driver to create Java applets and applications that access FileMaker Pro data using a variety of Java development tools.