It looks that even if the driver 10.2 is compatible with the JDBC3 it may not work with JRE6 as I've found here:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/htdocs/jdbc_faq.html#02_03
Which JDBC drivers support which versions of Javasoft's JDK?
pre-8i OCI and THIN Drivers - JDK 1.0.x and JDK 1.1.x
8.1.5 OCI and THIN Drivers - JDK 1.0.x and JDK 1.1.x
8.1.6SDK THIN Driver - JDK 1.1.x and JDK 1.2.x (aka Java2)
8.1.6SDK OCI Driver - Only JDK 1.1.x
8.1.6 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.1.x and JDK 1.2.x
8.1.7 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.1.x and JDK 1.2.x
9.0.1 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.1.x, JDK 1.2.x and JDK 1.3.x
9.2.0 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.1.x, JDK 1.2.x, JDK 1.3.x, and JDK 1.4.x
10.1.0 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.2.x, JDK 1.3.x, and JDK 1.4.x
10.2.0 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.2.x, JDK 1.3.x, JDK 1.4.x, and JDK 5.0.x
11.1.0 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.5.x and JDK 1.6.x
Oracle 10.2.0 supports:
Full support for JDBC 3.0
Note that there is no real change in the support for the following in the database. Allthat has changed is that some methods that previously threw SQLException now do something more reasonable instead.
result-set holdability
returning multiple result-sets.