import HelloImport; Package required?

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What grammer requires that an import must be for a package?
The following gets an error:

dir structure:
--------
src\
HelloImport.jav a
examples\
HelloWorld.java

src:
--------
12: package examples;
13: import HelloImport;
14: public class HelloWorld {
....

error:
--------
examples/HelloWorld.java [13:1] '.' expected
import HelloImport;
^
1 error
Errors compiling HelloWorld.java .

[Joe Attardi]

Re: import HelloImport; Package required?

news.verizon.ne t wrote:[color=blue]
> What grammer requires that an import must be for a package?
> The following gets an error:
>
> dir structure:
> --------
> src\
> HelloImport.jav a
> examples\
> HelloWorld.java
>
> src:
> --------
> 12: package examples;
> 13: import HelloImport;
> 14: public class HelloWorld {
> ...
>
> error:
> --------
> examples/HelloWorld.java [13:1] '.' expected
> import HelloImport;
> ^
> 1 error
> Errors compiling HelloWorld.java .[/color]

Given your directory structure, HelloImport.jav a is in the 'default'
package, which basically has no package. In that case, you don't need to
import it.

The cause of the error is a package name has more than one component to
it - 'HelloImport' is not a valid package name.

Joe