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If you usually need to rewrite or copy similar code between different projects, it may be time to stop replicating it and create a library.
You can also share it as open-source, so other people can use it and help you improve it.
Oracle has published its Oracle Database JDBC client libraries on Maven Central. From now on you can find Oracle Database related jar files under the com.oracle.database group ID. You will find all libraries from version 11.2.0.4 (e.g. ojdbc6) to 19.3.0 (e.g. ojdbc10).
Going forward, Oracle will use Maven Central as one of the primary distribution mechanisms for Oracle Database Java client libraries, meaning that you will also be able to find new versions of these libraries on Maven Central in the future.
Over some time in different jobs, I came across a need for several utilities that I couldn't find available at the time. And I saw that I needed them several times over. So, I wrote my own small library that I found very useful. I just published it as an open-source Java library. Here is the link. Additionally, and the Javadoc is available here.
This library is also available on Maven Central. Here are the Maven artifacts (version 1.5.0.6 is the latest at the time of writing this article but might change. You can check for the latest version search for artifact " MgntUtils" at http://search.maven.org/):