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Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters

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On 7/23/2011 1:41 PM, blmblm@myrealbox.com wrote:
> In article<1672e2f1-a963-4fcf-b651-41b69432c9d7@p29g2000pre.googlegroups.com>,
> lewbloch<lewbloch@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Chad wrote:
>>> The following code, which is taken from one of my school books,
>>> displays 4 different boxes inside a gui [sic]
>>>
>>> import java.awt.*;
>>> import javax.swing.*;
>
> [ snip ]
>
>> It's also bad practice to use import-on-demand (import '*') rather
>> than single-type imports.
>
> In code meant for compiling and execution, agreed.  In code meant
> for display in dead-tree documentation, though ....  I think there's
> a case to be made for the "import ...*" form, so that code examples
> aren't so full of uninteresting lines, accompanied by an explanation
> somewhere that in "real" code one would import only those classes
> needed.

Having specific imports makes it easier to see where the classes
come from.

I would tend to say that is even more important for dead tree docs
than for code.

Arne

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A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-07-22 16:12 -0700
  Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-22 19:28 -0400
  Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-07-22 23:31 +0000
  Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters markspace <-@.> - 2011-07-22 16:51 -0700
  Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-23 09:02 -0700
    Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-07-23 17:41 +0000
      Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-23 11:42 -0700
      Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-23 17:59 -0400
        Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-07-23 23:39 -0700
          Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-07-25 19:44 +0000
          Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-26 09:03 -0700
    Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-23 19:26 -0400
      Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-26 09:00 -0700
    Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Patrick May <patrick@softwarematters.org> - 2011-07-25 16:27 -0400
      Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters markspace <-@.> - 2011-07-25 15:14 -0700
      Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-25 15:56 -0700
        Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-07-25 17:00 -0700
          Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-07-25 21:17 -0400
      Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters markspace <-@.> - 2011-07-25 16:50 -0700
        Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-07-25 18:30 -0700
          Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-07-25 18:41 -0700
          Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-26 09:05 -0700
          Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-07-26 10:48 -0700
            Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-07-26 11:56 -0700
              Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-07-26 13:34 -0700
                Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-26 14:21 -0700
            Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-26 14:20 -0700
        Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-07-25 21:35 -0400
        Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-07-26 06:59 -0300
    Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2011-07-26 12:19 +0300
      Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-26 09:08 -0700
        Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2011-07-27 15:56 +0300
          Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-27 14:14 -0700

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