Package Members. Package naming. Question about example from jls

[Sergej Smoljanov]

Here are some examples:
Because the package java.awt has a subpackage image, it cannot (and does not) contain a declaration of a class or interface type named image.

from jls 7 7.1. Package Members

i see upward A package may not contain two members of the same name, or a compile-time error results. that as i supposed in one package must only one class or interface with one name.
What meaning of exemple? Because the package java.awt has a subpackage image, it cannot (and does not) contain a declaration of a class or interface type named image.

[Roel De Nijs]

Sergej Smoljanov wrote:What meaning of exemple? Because the package java.awt has a subpackage image, it cannot (and does not) contain a declaration of a class or interface type named image.

That means you can't give a class/interface the same name as one the subpackages of the package the class/interface is in (just like you can't have a class and interface with exactly the same name in the same package). Normally this could/should never happen, unless you deliberately violate the naming conventions (packages should be all lower case, class/interface names should be CamelCase). If you try to do so, you'll get a compiler error. And that makes sense!

A little code snippet to illustrate:

package com.oracle;
public class image {}

Now I can create without any problem a package com.oracle.image (so no compiler error, only a warning on class image in package com.oracle: "The type image collides with a package").

But then I (try to) create the following class:

package com.oracle.image;
public class TestImage {}

Now I get a compiler error ("The package com.oracle.image collides with a type"), because the package name is exactly the same as class image in package com.oracle.

Hope it helps!