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

[Mario Torre]

A secret master plan, I knew it! ;)

Cheers,
Mario
Il 16/ott/2014 04:03 "David Holmes" <david.holmes at oracle.com> ha scritto:

> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>