import statement.

[diRisig]

Hello All,

when using the import statement does it referrer to a directory or something else(a package) ?

I have been looking at some code which has:

Code:

import Jama.util.*;

I have downloaded the source for JAMA but i don't know where to put it on my machine(WinXP) so that I will be able to use the same statement to use it.

Can anyone help?

p.s. coming from C++ does the "import" statement relate to the "include" statement?

[CaptainMorgan]

Have a look-see here.

Import is similar to C++'s include, but with C++ the included file is well, obviously - actually included, whereas with Java, the imported package is made available rather than included.

Hope this helps.

[diRisig]

Hello that that helps on a conceptual level.


On a practical level i found i could (with a Netbeans project) put all the source files from the JAMA source in a folder project_folder\src\jama and then add this folder to the project's source-files-folder in project options and then use the import statement:

Code:

import Jama.*;