is it valid import?

[Raja seemakurthi]

  import java.util.Date.*; 
public class DateTesting {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
	System.out.println("compiled");
	}

}

 

some where i have seen that the above import statement is not a valid statement, we should get a compile time error.
but it is compiling perfectly.

am i wrong?
please provide your comments.

Thanks,
Raja

[Christophe Verré]

From Java 5, you can import static variables from a class that way. It means "Import all static variables from the Date class". It would have been an error in Java 1.4.

[Christophe Verré]

Aaahhh, there's no "static" keyword in the import. Forget about the previous post.
It allows you to import inner classes. Check this.

[Raja seemakurthi]

Christophe Verré wrote:From Java 5, you can import static variables from a class that way. It means "Import all static variables from the Date class". It would have been an error in Java 1.4.

that's good.
i know that import static java.package1.class1.*; is a valid statement, but what about if a class is not having any static fields then import java.package1.class1.*;
works fine? is it won't give any compile time errors? please clarify

[Christophe Verré]

Did you read my second post ?