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Re: package statement in standalone Java class

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On Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:32:55 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> On 4/7/2018 4:28 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>> On Sat, 07 Apr 2018 15:58:39 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 4/7/2018 2:23 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 07 Apr 2018 08:25:47 -0700, Morten W. Petersen wrote:
>>>>> I'm new to Java, and having Java, Maven and different libraries to
>>>>> consider if I get an error seems too complex to debug.
>>>
>>>> To a first approximation you should treat Java's 'import' statements
>>>> as the equivalent to C's #include <header.h> preprocessor statements.
>>>> Just as as you can't compile a C program that does anything much
>>>> without using #includes and linking it with the relevant libraries,
>>>> the only Java program you can compile without imports is one that
>>>> only uses external classes from the java.lang group.
>>>
>>> Strictly speaking you can use any external class without imports - you
>>> just need to use the full name to refer to it.
>>>
>>> It looks awfully but it works.
>>>
>> I never do that because, as you say, it looks awful. Consequently,  I
>> tend to forget its possible.
> 
> I also never do it.
> 
> Maybe nobody besides Stefan does it.
> 
> Arne

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package statement in standalone Java class "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2018-04-07 04:38 -0700
  Re: package statement in standalone Java class Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2018-04-07 10:25 -0400
    Re: package statement in standalone Java class "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2018-04-07 08:25 -0700
      Re: package statement in standalone Java class Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2018-04-07 18:23 +0000
        Re: package statement in standalone Java class Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2018-04-07 15:58 -0400
          Re: package statement in standalone Java class Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2018-04-07 20:28 +0000
            Re: package statement in standalone Java class Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2018-04-07 16:32 -0400
              Re: package statement in standalone Java class Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2018-04-07 21:35 +0000
              Re: package statement in standalone Java class Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2018-04-09 04:57 -0700
                Re: package statement in standalone Java class Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2018-04-09 18:01 -0400
                Re: package statement in standalone Java class Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2018-04-09 18:07 -0400
                Re: package statement in standalone Java class Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2018-04-09 19:34 -0400
                Re: package statement in standalone Java class "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2018-04-10 16:28 -0700
        Re: package statement in standalone Java class "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2018-04-07 16:14 -0700

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