MySQL Java JDBC: How to get the name of an auto-incremented column?

I'm working on a program that makes using MySQL databases simpler. Right now I have to create forms to add and edit data from the tables within the database. The problem is that when I create the form I don't want to display fields for auto-incremented columns. All I need is the name of the column to fix this but I have no idea how to find the name of a auto-incremented column. I have tried looking up the answer but all I find is information about finding auto - generated keys. Can someone help me or point me in the right direction? Thanks for the help.

UPDATE: Thanks for the help. Base on the answers below I came up with this method:

public Vector<String> getAutoIncrementedColumns(String table) {
    Vector<String> columnNames = new Vector<String>();
    Connection connection;
    try {
        connection = DriverManager.getConnection(getUrl(), getUser(),
                    getPassword());
        Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
        ResultSet result = statement.executeQuery("Select * from "+table);
        int columnCount = result.getMetaData().getColumnCount();
        for(i开发者_开发问答nt i = 1; i <=columnCount; i++){
            if(result.getMetaData().isAutoIncrement(i)){
                columnNames.add(result.getMetaData().getColumnName(i));
            }
        }

    } catch (SQLException e) {

        e.printStackTrace();
    }


    return columnNames;
}

Once you have a ResultSet, you can call its getMetaData method to the get a ResultSetMetaData object. From there, you can use the isAutoIncrement method to determine if a column is an AUTO_INCREMENT column, and getColumnName to get the column's name.

The EXTRA column of the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS table should have this information.

PS:this is from top of my head. Don't have MySql handy, you may have to test to confirm.

The class ResultSetMetaData can provide this information.

But you would have to execute a select * first to get a result set. You could do

SELECT * FROM table LIMIT 1 

to get the result set.

If you have access to the schema information_schema these informations are available from the tables

• TABLES (column: auto_increment, 0 = no, 1 = yes)
• COLUMNS (column: extra = auto_increment for the specific column)