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On 7/1/2016 2:45 AM, Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
> Imho, Java lacks a feature that would allow one do assign local
> aliases for fully qualified class names. something like:
>     import java.awt.List  as  AwtList;
>
> I seem to remember that other languages with hierarchical
> namespaces do have such a feature.

The following is valid C#:

using SysConsole = System.Console;

namespace E
{
     public class Console
     {
     }
     public class Program
     {
         public static void Main(string[] args)
         {
             SysConsole.WriteLine("Testing");
             SysConsole.ReadKey();
         }
     }
}

Arne