How does Java import work?
In dynamic languages, when the interpreter import
s, it simply reads a file and evaluates it.
In C, external libraries are located by the linker at compile time to build the final object if the library is statically compiled, while for dynamic libraries a smaller version of the linker is called at runtime which remaps addresses and so makes code in the library available to the executable.
In Java, import
is simply used by the compiler to let you name your classes by their unqualified name, let's say String
instead of java.lang.String
. You don't really need to import java.lang.*
because the compiler does it by default. However this mechanism is just to save you some typing. Types in Java are fully qualified class names, so a String
is really a java.lang.String
object when the code is run. Packages are intended to prevent name clashes and allow two classes to have the same simple name, instead of relying on the old C convention of prefixing types like this. java_lang_String
. This is called namespacing.
BTW, in Java there's the static import construct, which allows to further save typing if you use lots of constants from a certain class. In a compilation unit (a .java file) which declares
import static java.lang.Math.*;
you can use the constant PI
in your code, instead of referencing it through Math.PI
, and the method cos()
instead of Math.cos()
. So for example you can write
double r = cos(PI * theta);
Once you understand that classes are always referenced by their fully qualified name in the final bytecode, you must understand how the class code is actually loaded. This happens the first time an object of that class is created, or the first time a static member of the class is accessed. At this time, the ClassLoader
tries to locate the class and instantiate it. If it can't find the class a NoClassDefFoundError
is thrown (or a a ClassNotFoundException
if the class is searched programmatically). To locate the class, the ClassLoader
usually checks the paths listed in the $CLASSPATH
environment variable.
To solve your problem, it seems you need an applet
element like this
<applet
codebase = "http://san.redenetimoveis.com"
archive="test.jar, core.jar"
code="com.colorfulwolf.webcamapplet.WebcamApplet"
width="550" height="550" >
BTW, you don't need to import the archives in the standard JRE.
How do java Imports work (swing)?
There's no relationship between nested packages in Java.
javax.swing.*
will only import classes directly found in javax.swing
, javax.swing.border
is considered a different unrelated package altogether from a language standpoint.
Import package.* vs import package.SpecificType
There is not a performance or overhead cost to doing import .* vs importing specific types. However, I consider it to be a best practice to never use import .* My primary reason for this is I just like to keep things straightward, clean and with as little ambiguity as possible, and I think with a .* import you lose that.
How do wildcards in Java import work?
import java.util.*
definitely imports java.util.ArrayList
and everything else in that package too. Note that there's no concept of sub-packages, so it wouldn't import anything from java.util.x
or java.util.y
, but that doesn't appear to be the case with your issue.
You must have some other problem wrong with your code if it's not working, the import statements definitely behave as you describe.
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