Re: Static import
Karsten Wutzke wrote:
I just compiled a class with a *static* import
import static org.domain.action.*;
but I don't get what this means. I had expected an error.
So, why does this compile? This would mean package-level constants... -
?
Mark wrote:
It is probably parsing it as: import all constants [sic] from a class called
"action" in the org.domain package. Remember that that using title
case for class names is a just a convention that the compiler does not
enforce. However my development environment is ful of style-check
alarms so I can't reproduce this!
Karsten Wutzke wrote:
I never start class names in lowercase! There's no reason to assume I do so.
There's no way that the compiler can know that! There's every reason for the
compiler to assume you do so - you told it that you did by doing a static import.
"action" is a package, as hinted by the sentence "This would
mean package-level constants... -> ?"
The compiler doesn't take hints or read Usenet.
So why does it work? It would have been a great mechanism to include
all package's class constants, but I doubt the Java people would allow
such a thing.
Read Mark's answer again.
The compiler is unaware and uncaring of whether you ever start class names
with a lower-case letter. It only cares and reacts to Java syntax, which
permits lower-case class names.
The syntax you show is perfectly legal, and tells the compiler that you're
importing all static elements from a class named 'org.domain.action'.
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