try {
Class.forName("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver").newInstance();
Connection c = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:hsqldb:/tmp/db/freshet", "sa", "");
c.createStatement().execute("SHUTDOWN COMPACT");
Configurator cr = Configurator.getInstance();
if (cr != null) cr.shutdown();
} catch (SQLException sqlE) {
log.debug(sqlE.getMessage(), sqlE);
} catch (Exception e) {
log.debug(e.getMessage(), e);
}