Does Java support grouping the imports like following:
import package.{Class1,Class2}
I know that * operator imports sub packages but I want to import specific ones.
In Rust or some modern languages it is supported like following:
use package::{Class1, Class2};
Are there any alternative instead of writing each import line by line specifically like this?
import package.Class1;
import package.Class2;
Java Language Specification, section 7.5. Import Declarations, shows:
An import declaration allows a named type or a
staticmember to be referred to by a simple name (§6.2) that consists of a single identifier.[...]
A single-type-import declaration (§7.5.1) imports a single named type, by mentioning its canonical name (§6.7).
A type-import-on-demand declaration (§7.5.2) imports all the accessible types of a named type or named package as needed, by mentioning the canonical name of a type or package.
A single-static-import declaration (§7.5.3) imports all accessible
staticmembers with a given name from a type, by giving its canonical name.A static-import-on-demand declaration (§7.5.4) imports all accessible
staticmembers of a named type as needed, by mentioning the canonical name of a type.
As you can see, it's either a single named type, or all accessible types. No syntax for a list of types.
Side note: I almost never look at the import statements of my code. I let Eclipse manage that for me (Source > Organize Imports... (Ctrl+Shift+O)), so I don't really care about having many single-type import statements. The section with the imports is collapsed anyway, so I don't even have to scroll past them. Oh the joy of using a good IDE.