connecting to an ACCESS database

Hi!

 I'm using an Access database in my application, and I conecct to it thru the odbc:

    Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); 
    conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:bd");

but I want to do it directly, with out the ODBC.

 I read in the manual "Getting started with Lutris Enhydra" that there is no other way if the database is in Access. Is it still true?

 If it is, can you tell me what do I have to do if my database is in MySQL?

 Thanks a lot,

Camila