def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """
    Handles the connection to a YugabyteSQL database insance.
    """
    if self.is_connected is True:
        return self.connection
    args={
        "database": self.connection_data.get('database'),
        "host": self.connection_data.get('host'),
        "port": self.connection_data.get('port'),
        "username": self.connection_data.get('user'),
        "password": self.connection_data.get('password'),
        "clustered":self.connection_data.get('clustered',False),
        "use_ssl":self.connection_data.get('use_ssl',False), 
        "service":self.connection_data.get('service','sqream')
    }
    connection = db.METHOD_NAME(**args)
    self.is_connected = True
    self.connection = connection
    return self.connection