inheritance (need help)

[tong yuxin]

code:

package a;
public class Father{
//some code...
}
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package b;
import a.Father
class Son extends Father{
Father a= new Father(); // compiler good.
}
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However if son class like this

package b;

class Son extends a.Father{
Father a= new Father(); // compiler error!
}

So, what's the difference between these two son class. I tried if not use import, just extends a.Father can inheriate the public methods from father class just like use "import"
But why canont get a object of Father?

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

If you don't use the import, then by definition you must say

a.Father = new a.Father();

That's all that "import" does: it tells the compiler that when you say "Father", you actually mean "a.Father". Without the import, the compiler has no idea what "Father" you mean.

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Sigh. Answered here, too. Please don't waste people's time this way! See here for help in understanding what I mean.