To create a ResultSet you should to create a Statement or PrepapredStatement :

Create ResultSet with Statement

try {
    Class.forName(driver);
    Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
            "jdbc:somedb://localhost/databasename", "username", "password");
    Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
    ResultSet result = statement.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM my_table");

} catch (ClassNotFoundException | SQLException e) {
}

Create ResultSet with PrepapredStatement

try {
    Class.forName(driver);
    Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
            "jdbc:somedb://localhost/databasename", "username", "password");
    PreparedStatement preparedStatement = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM my_table");
    ResultSet result = preparedStatement.executeQuery();

} catch (ClassNotFoundException | SQLException e) {
}

Check if your ResultSet have information or not

if (result.next()) {
   //yes result not empty                
}

Get information from ResultSet

There are several type of information you can get from your ResultSet like String, int, boolean, float, Blob, ... to get information you had to use a loop or a simple if :

if (result.next()) {
    //get int from your result set
    result.getInt("id");
    //get string from your result set
    result.getString("username");
    //get boolean from your result set
    result.getBoolean("validation");
    //get double from your result set
    result.getDouble("price");
}