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database/src/main/java/com/alttd/altitudeweb/setup/Connection.java

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.apache.ibatis.session.SqlSession;
 import org.apache.ibatis.session.SqlSessionFactory;
 import org.apache.ibatis.session.SqlSessionFactoryBuilder;
 import org.apache.ibatis.transaction.jdbc.JdbcTransactionFactory;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -119,18 +120,33 @@ public class Connection {
     }
 
     private SqlSessionFactory createSqlSessionFactory(DatabaseSettings settings, AddMappers addMappers) {
+        try {
+            Configuration configuration = getConfiguration(settings);
+            configuration.getTypeHandlerRegistry().register(UUID.class, UUIDTypeHandler.class);
+            addMappers.apply(configuration);
+
+            return new SqlSessionFactoryBuilder().build(configuration);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("""
+                    Failed to create sql session factory with
+                    \thost {}
+                    \tport: {}
+                    \tname: {}
+                    \tusername: {}
+                    """, settings.host(), settings.port(), settings.name(), settings.username(), e);
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static @NotNull Configuration getConfiguration(DatabaseSettings settings) {
         PooledDataSource dataSource = new PooledDataSource();
         dataSource.setDriver("com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver");
         dataSource.setUrl(String.format("jdbc:mysql://%s:%d/%s", settings.host(),
-                                        settings.port(), settings.name()));
+                settings.port(), settings.name()));
         dataSource.setUsername(settings.username());
         dataSource.setPassword(settings.password());
         Environment environment = new Environment("production", new JdbcTransactionFactory(), dataSource);
-        Configuration configuration = new Configuration(environment);
-        configuration.getTypeHandlerRegistry().register(UUID.class, UUIDTypeHandler.class);
-        addMappers.apply(configuration);
-
-        return new SqlSessionFactoryBuilder().build(configuration);
+        return new Configuration(environment);
     }
 
 }