Does Spring DriverManagerDataSource open many connections?

I am using standalone spring and hibernate application. I am using below configuration.

<bean id="dataSource"
        class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
        <property name="driverClassName" value="${driverClassName}" />
        <property name="url" value="${db.url}" />
        <property name="username" value="${db.username}" />
        <property name="password" value="${db.password}" />
    </bean>

    <bean id="sessionFactory"
        class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean">
        <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
        <property name="annotatedClasses">
            <list>
                <value>com.some.SomePojo</value>
            </list>
        </property>

        <property name="hibernateProperties">
            <props>
                <prop key="hibernate.dialect">${mdm.db.dialect}</prop>

            </props>
        </property>
    </bean>


    <tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager" />

    <bean id="transactionManager"
        class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTransactionManager">
        <property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory" />
    </bean>

Does DriverManagerDataSource open a database connection every time data is requested? or reuse an already open connection? Also does it close idle connections? use connection pool concept do i need c3p0?

Thank!

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Java doc state:

This class is not a real connection pool; it does not actually merge Connections.

See details

http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/2.0.x/api/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/DriverManagerDataSource.html

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