PreparedStatement ps=con.prepareStatement("select * from stud");
ResultSet rs=ps.executeQuery();
ResultSetMetaData rsmd=rs.getMetaData();
System.out.println("columns: "+rsmd.getColumnCount());
System.out.println("Column Name of 1st column: "+rsmd.getColumnName(1));
System.out.println("Column Type Name of 1st column: "+rsmd.getColumnTypeName(1));
//load the driver for PostgreSQL
Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
String url = "jdbc:postgresql://localhost/test";
Properties props = new Properties();
props.setProperty("user","mydbuser");
props.setProperty("password","mydbpass");
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, props);
//create statement
Statement stat = conn.createStatement();
//obtain a result set
ResultSet rs = stat.executeQuery("SELECT c1, c2, c3, c4, c5 FROM MY_TABLE");
//from result set give metadata
ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();
//columns count from metadata object
int numOfCols = rsmd.getColumnCount();
But you can get more meta-informations about columns:
for(int i = 1; i <= numOfCols; i++)
{
System.out.println(rsmd.getColumnName(i));
}
And at least but not least, you can get some info not just about table but about DB too, how to do it you can find here and here.