Re: Question about the package directive

On 20 Apr 2008 00:16:35 GMT, I_Am_The_Walrus
<I_Am_The_Walrus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>
>I was reading a Java book tonight and it was talking about the
>"package" directive.  I haven't seen it used anywhere.  Did it die
>with one of the more recent versions or is it just obsolete but still
>available?
The package directive appears at the start of most real world Java
source files, it indicates which package each source file belongs to.
When you are just starting Java you will see it rarely because the
small example programs in the books do not usually bother - each small
program concentrates on just one aspect of the language to make the
example easier to understand.

The package directive is the other side of the import statement.  When
you say "import java.util" that implies that somewhere there is a
group of source files that start "package java.util".  The import
statement will import all the classes in the files that are marked for
that package, i.e. all those files that start "package java.util".

It is far from obsolete and is very important when organising a large
project.

HTH

rossum