Feature Request: Import As (e.g. import java.sql.Connection as SqlConnection)

[Remi Forax]

I think the oldest bug related to this feature is
  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-4194542

The bug was reported against the 1.2 :)

Rémi
(i'm getting old)

----- Mail original -----
> De: "Jonathan Gibbons" <jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com>
> À: discuss at openjdk.java.net
> Envoyé: Vendredi 1 Avril 2016 21:30:17
> Objet: Re: Feature Request: Import As (e.g. import java.sql.Connection as	SqlConnection)
> 
> Without commenting on the merits of the suggestion, I note this is not a
> new request.
> See JDK-7166917: Importing packages and classes with alias
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-7166917
> 
> -- Jon
> 
> On 03/31/2016 09:33 PM, Behrang Saeedzadeh wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Any thoughts on this feature? I think it should be relatively simple to
> > implement and considering these days an app might use various types of data
> > storage as well as queues, etc. it is very likely for two classes with the
> > same name but from different packages need to be used in a given class.
> >
> > This could be extended to imported static methods too, because sometimes
> > their names are ambiguous if they are not prefixed with their respective
> > classes.
> >
> > import static java.lang.String.format as stringFormat;
> > // or
> > import static java.lang.String.format as sformat;
> > // or
> > import static java.lang.String.format as formats;
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Behrang Saeedzadeh
> 
>