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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.