为什么autoimport只有java.lang包？

Question

I know that the package java.lang is auto-imported by every java program we write, hence all the classes in it are automatically available to us.

My question is why not auto import java.util and other packages too? That sure will save some typing :)

So please explain why is this not done.

Answer 1

A good reason not to autoimport too much is to avoid namespace clashes. If everything in java.util was imported automatically and then you wanted to refer to a different class named 'Map', for example, you would have to refer to it by its fully-qualified name.

In response to other answers in this thread, import does not actually modify the internal representation of your class files. In fact, here is a link to the JVM spec describing the class file structure: see that imports are not stored anywhere.

Answer 2

所有好的IDE 都会自动解析你的导入，只有在发生冲突时才会提示（两个包具有相同的类名）。

Answer 3

Because java.lang have the core Java language classes, and java.util for example not.

But some other languages, like Groovy automatically imports java.util for you :)

Answer 4

I think the idea behind java.lang is that these classes all have some connection to the language and runtime which is special, and can't be implemented on your own. Primitive wrappers, VM security and permissions and inspection, package and class loading -- all things that must be built-in to the Java system. Everything in java.util, like collections, while incredibly useful, could be implemented in pure Java. Some parts of it (time zones come to mind) have even been implemented by third-party libraries even better.

Or at least, that was true back in the Java 1.0 days. Today, for example, Iterator is also integral to the language, since it's automatically used by for-each loops, right? But backwards-compatibility was always a big thing with Java, so we get to live with this inconsistency forever.

Answer 5

@gameover, May be every java program needs the class that comes from java.lang,

but the java.util class contains the class that my be need or not that is depended on programmer. So the java have the default configuration for java.lang but we need to import to java.util classes according to our program.

Answer 6

java.lang package provides fundamental classes to built java programs. Object is the root of class hierarchy so it needs to be available for every programmer whether the programmer is beginner or expert.

While if we talk about other packages they are used for enlarging the programs. For example, java.util package which is only used when Collection classes are needed. While in every program Collection classes are not used while basic datatypes are essential for every java program.

To avoid unnecessary load of other classes in program other packages are not auto imported while essential package java.lang is auto imported.

Answer 7

There are different reason for to become java.lang package is default 1) Actually ,whatever we are declaring variable in java program.that will be stored in object,Object class is available in java.lang package.it is super class of class hierarchy,Many we have performed operation in object class method like thread programming. 2) Many time it is required class for developing program ,that class is available in java.lang package, So, it is necessary to import,when java people developed jdk, it was default package,

Answer 8

I came across with namespace collision even with java.lang.System (our application contains a System named class). An explicit import solved my problem, but it took some minutes until I pointed out that com.mycompany.classes.System isn't imported automatically for identifier System by Eclipse because it already exists in java.lang.

Anyways, it isn't a good idea to pollute the class scope with too much identifiers, because your code will org.classes.**look** com.application.**like** com.classes.**this**.

Auto-importing java.lang is a good idea because it contains the very core classes and interfaces used in java.

Answer 9

Auto importing also leads some memory issue and some times it may conflict. Eg: Date Type in java & SQL .

Also whatever the base core java objects are defined in Java.lang package . Eg: any datatype & return type all are declared in java.lang package so to do some basic program also we need this package imports.

Answer 10

Without java.lang package, development is not possible. But without java.util , java.io or any other packages, we can still write any number of programs. That is the reason why java.lang package is being imported by default.