import static buggin me?!

[John Blanco]

I've migrated my code over to Java 5 (installed and recompiled ;-)), but Java just doesn't like my import static call:

compile-junit:
[javac] Compiling 1 source file to C:\Avatara\avatara-shared\build-junit
[javac] C:\Avatara\avatara-shared\junit\riv\avatara\chess\ChessBoardBasicTes
t.java:17: cannot find symbol
[javac] symbol : class chess
[javac] location: package riv.avatara
[javac] import static riv.avatara.chess.*;
[javac] ^
[javac] 1 error

riv.avatara.chess is a package name, but it stops and calls chess the class? The regular import works, so my classpath is just fine:

package riv.avatara.chess;

import static riv.avatara.chess.*;
import riv.avatara.chess.*;

Any ideas?

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Hi,

Welcome to JavaRanch!

The argument to "import static" is different from the argument to "import". For "import", the wildcard '*' is a standin for all the classes in a package. For "import static", on the other hand, '*' is a standin for all the accessible static members of that class.

There's no way to say "import all the static members of all the classes in this package", which is perhaps what you're trying to say -- is that what you're after?

[John Blanco]

Well I'll be damned. :-) You answered the Q without really knowing it. I didn't get the memo that the * no longer referred to classes. :-) I'm all patched up and working, thanks!

import static riv.avatara.chess.ChessBoard.*;
import static riv.avatara.chess.ChessBoardStatus.*;
import riv.avatara.chess.*;

Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
Hi,

Welcome to JavaRanch!

The argument to "import static" is different from the argument to "import". For "import", the wildcard '*' is a standin for all the classes in a package. For "import static", on the other hand, '*' is a standin for all the accessible static members of that class.

There's no way to say "import all the static members of all the classes in this package", which is perhaps what you're trying to say -- is that what you're after?