If I understand your question, you are using a Shared Database Pattern which, for for many reason is somewhat discouraged and used as a last resource.
If you want multiple application to communicate, and be decoupled, you should use Messaging ( eg: Spring Cloud Stream ).
Anyway, if you need to have a Shared Database, you may want what Listen / Notify provide.
From https://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/81/listennotify.html:
import java.sql.*;
public class NotificationTest {
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
String url = "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/test";
// Create two distinct connections, one for the notifier
// and another for the listener to show the communication
// works across connections although this example would
// work fine with just one connection.
Connection lConn = DriverManager.getConnection(url,"test","");
Connection nConn = DriverManager.getConnection(url,"test","");
// Create two threads, one to issue notifications and
// the other to receive them.
Listener listener = new Listener(lConn);
Notifier notifier = new Notifier(nConn);
listener.start();
notifier.start();
}
}
Listener
class Listener extends Thread {
private Connection conn;
private org.postgresql.PGConnection pgconn;
Listener(Connection conn) throws SQLException {
this.conn = conn;
this.pgconn = (org.postgresql.PGConnection)conn;
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
stmt.execute("LISTEN mymessage");
stmt.close();
}
public void run() {
while (true) {
try {
// issue a dummy query to contact the backend
// and receive any pending notifications.
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT 1");
rs.close();
stmt.close();
org.postgresql.PGNotification notifications[] = pgconn.getNotifications();
if (notifications != null) {
for (int i=0; i<notifications.length; i++) {
System.out.println("Got notification: " + notifications[i].getName());
}
}
// wait a while before checking again for new
// notifications
Thread.sleep(500);
} catch (SQLException sqle) {
sqle.printStackTrace();
} catch (InterruptedException ie) {
ie.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
Notifier
class Notifier extends Thread {
private Connection conn;
public Notifier(Connection conn) {
this.conn = conn;
}
public void run() {
while (true) {
try {
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
stmt.execute("NOTIFY mymessage");
stmt.close();
Thread.sleep(2000);
} catch (SQLException sqle) {
sqle.printStackTrace();
} catch (InterruptedException ie) {
ie.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
