DOUT ON PACKAGES.

[Bharat Reddy ALLA]

What do we mean by package in core java ? why is it used ?Can you give me an example program explaining it?

[Ulf Dittmer]

"Core Java" is generally understood to mean the classes that come with J2SE, in other words, everything listed here.

It does not include other classes, like the ones that make up J2EE, nor any 3rd party libraries (like the ones in the Jakarta Commons libraries), nor any classes you develop.

[Mada samy]

Package means to import the header file.
i.e., we know C and C++, every program to include the header file then
#include<stdio.h> or
#include<iostream.h>
That's similar for package in Java language.
First i give basic syntax:
import package-name.*;
For example we have import existing package,
import java.io.*;
import --------> Keyword
java --------> packagename
io --------> classname (Existing class for io)

That line to connect the existing io methods(Functions).

[Ulf Dittmer]

import java.io.*;
import --------> Keyword
java --------> packagename
io --------> classname

Not quite. "java.io" is the full package name (packages can be hierarchical in Java). All classes of the java.io package are imported by way of the "*".