Can I have H2 autocreate a schema in an in-memory database?

Yes, H2 supports executing SQL statements when connecting. You could run a script, or just a statement or two:

String url = "jdbc:h2:mem:test;" + 
             "INIT=CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS TEST"
String url = "jdbc:h2:mem:test;" + 
             "INIT=CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS TEST\\;" + 
                  "SET SCHEMA TEST";
String url = "jdbc:h2:mem;" + 
             "INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM '~/create.sql'\\;" + 
                  "RUNSCRIPT FROM '~/populate.sql'";

Please note the double backslash (\\) is only required within Java. The backslash(es) before ; within the INIT is required.

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