+1 for individual imports.Its clear and unambiguous This is the standard which i have seen in James,Jetty and few other projects. Also i use it for my work using Intellij Idea.
Siva ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Blewitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:14 PM Subject: Coding standards: import thing.* or thing.Class? > Has anyone got any preferences between using: > > import java.util.* > > or > > import java.util.Vector > import java.util.Enumeration > > etc. > > (Yes, I know I should be using List instead of Vector :-) > > Despite some articles trying to claim otherwise, there's really very > little difference between the two as far as the code is concerned. In > fact, you could argue that the import package.Type is actually slower > than the import package.* variant as there's more text to be parsed. > > The only real difference IMNSO is that if you have > > import java.util.* > > then this says 'This type is dependent on types in the java.util > package" > > whereas > > import java.util.Vector > import java.util.Enumeration > > says "I specifically depend on Vector and Enumeration in the java.util > package" > > People who use powerful IDEs (i.e.,they write the import statements for > you) generally prefer the more verbose and detailed import types; those > using text editors will no doubt prefer to use the package wildcards. > > Any votes on which one is better/worse/standard? > > Alex. >
