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Re: [foo.bar.Frame] can not inherit from [java.awt.Frame]

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On 4/11/2012 8:24 AM, markspace wrote:
> On 4/11/2012 4:56 AM, Maciej Labanowicz wrote:
>
>> Frame.java:2: error: foo.bar.Frame is already defined in this
>> compilation unit
>
>
> I *think* what the compiler is saying using Frame as an unqualified name
> collides with the existing foo.bar.Frame usage.
>
> The solution is just to not use the "import" statement.
>
> package quicktest;
>
> class Frame extends java.awt.Frame {
> public static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
> public static void main(String [] args) {
> System.out.println("HELLO: args = " + args);
> }
> }
>
> If your compiler can find "import java.awt.Frame", then it can find
> java.awt.Frame without the import. You don't need import, it just allows
> you to shorten the FQN to just the class name.

I think a better solution would be to rename foo.bar.Frame. If it did
not have some functional difference from java.awt.Frame, it would not
exist. Presumably, it is Frame specialized in some way, and its name
should indicate that specialization.

Patricia

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[foo.bar.Frame] can not inherit from [java.awt.Frame] Maciej Labanowicz <m.labanowicz@gmail.com> - 2012-04-11 04:56 -0700
  Re: can not inherit from [java.awt.Frame] Paul Cager <paul.cager@googlemail.com> - 2012-04-11 05:51 -0700
    Re: can not inherit from [java.awt.Frame] Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-04-11 08:13 -0700
      Re: can not inherit from [java.awt.Frame] Paul Cager <paul.cager@googlemail.com> - 2012-04-11 09:37 -0700
  Re: [foo.bar.Frame] can not inherit from [java.awt.Frame] Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2012-04-11 12:59 +0000
  Re: [foo.bar.Frame] can not inherit from [java.awt.Frame] markspace <-@.> - 2012-04-11 08:24 -0700
    Re: [foo.bar.Frame] can not inherit from [java.awt.Frame] Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-04-11 09:34 -0700
      Re: [foo.bar.Frame] can not inherit from [java.awt.Frame] markspace <-@.> - 2012-04-11 10:01 -0700
  Re: [foo.bar.Frame] can not inherit from [java.awt.Frame] Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-04-11 11:18 -0700
    Re: [foo.bar.Frame] can not inherit from [java.awt.Frame] Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-11 12:18 -0700

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