Spring JDBC: simple way to excute a query

gistfile1.java

   //   first get 'dataSource' 
   //   @Autowired
   //   private DataSource dataSource;
private Object[] geStatus() {
        try {         
            JdbcTemplate template = new JdbcTemplate(dataSource);
            Object[] result = (Object[]) template.queryForObject(SQL, new RowMapper() {
                public Object mapRow(ResultSet rs, int rowNum) throws SQLException {
                    return new Object[]{rs.getString(1), sdf.format(rs.getDate(2))};
                }
            });
            return result;
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            return new Object[]{"FAILED TO OBTAIN STATUS", new Date()};
        }
    }