7.5 Import Declarations

An import declaration allows a type declared in another package to be referred to by a simple name (§6.2) that consists of a single identifier. Without the use of an appropriate import declaration, the only way to refer to a type declared in another package is to use its fully qualified name (§6.7).

ImportDeclaration:

	SingleTypeImportDeclaration

	TypeImportOnDemandDeclaration

A single-type-import declaration (§7.5.1) imports a single type, by mentioning its fully qualified name. A type-import-on-demand declaration (§7.5.2) imports all the public types of a named package as needed.

An import declaration makes types available by their simple names only within the compilation unit that actually contains the import declaration. The scope of the name(s) it introduces specifically does not include the package statement, other import statements in the current compilation unit, or other compilation units in the same package. Please see §7.5.4 for an illustrative example.