[SUGGESTION]: Define aliases when importing multiple classes with same classname

[David Holmes]

On 16/10/2014 10:02 AM, David Holmes wrote:
> On 16/10/2014 2:50 AM, Paul Benedict wrote:
>> Interestingly, these tickets are closed as duplicates and none link to an
>> open request. Was the original was accidentally marked a dupe and closed
>> too?
>
> There's a weird cycle involving those two and
>
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-4478140
>
> But there is also:
>
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/PLAN-444

Oops sorry - that's an internal URL.

David

> David
>
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Paul
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Note that this issue is not new:
>>>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-4214789
>>>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-4194542
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/10/2014 12:50 AM, CHAUVET Guillaume wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear OpenJDK community,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to submit you a potential new Java feature already
>>>> existing
>>>> in Eiffel language : renaming classes/interfaces when importing them.
>>>> The goal is to improve the clashnames resolution when importing some
>>>> classes with the same classname but provided from different packages by
>>>> adding a classname alias mechanism. Below, a simple use case that
>>>> display how this potential new syntax :
>>>>
>>>> Snippet class
>>>> ==================
>>>> import javax.management.Query;
>>>> import javax.persistence.Query as PersistenceQuery;
>>>> import org.apache.lucene.search.Query as LucentQuery;
>>>>
>>>> public class Snippet {
>>>>
>>>>    private javax.persistence.Query q1;    // Direct classname
>>>> resolution
>>>>    private PersistenceQuery q2;        // Using alias classname of
>>>> javax.persistence.Query
>>>>    private Query q3;            // Using default imported class :
>>>> javax.management.Query
>>>>    private LucentQuery q4;        // Using alias classname of
>>>> org.apache.lucene.search.Query
>>>>
>>>>    public PersistenceQuery getPersistence() {
>>>>     return q2;
>>>>    }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Caller class
>>>> ==================
>>>> Snippet s = new Snippet();
>>>> s.getPersistence(); // return javax.persistence.Query, not the internal
>>>> alias used in class definition
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm ready to involved to implement this new feature by contributing to
>>>> the OpenJDK development effort.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>>