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Lecture 12

This document covers key concepts in Object Oriented Programming with Java, focusing on static import, naming conventions for packages, and creating JAR files. It explains how static import allows direct access to static members of a class, the potential for ambiguity when importing members with the same name, and the conventions for naming packages to avoid conflicts. Additionally, it describes JAR files as a way to aggregate files into a single archive format, emphasizing their cross-platform compatibility.

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Lecture 12

This document covers key concepts in Object Oriented Programming with Java, focusing on static import, naming conventions for packages, and creating JAR files. It explains how static import allows direct access to static members of a class, the potential for ambiguity when importing members with the same name, and the conventions for naming packages to avoid conflicts. Additionally, it describes JAR files as a way to aggregate files into a single archive format, emphasizing their cross-platform compatibility.

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Object Oriented Programming with Java

(Subject Code: BCS-403)

Unit 1
Lecture 12
Lecture 12
• Import and Static Import
• Naming Convention for Packages
• Making JAR Files for Library Packages
Static import in Java
• In Java, static import concept is introduced in
1.5 version.
• With the help of static import, we can access
the static members of a class directly without
class name or any object.
• For Example: we always use sqrt() method of
Math class by using Math class
i.e. Math.sqrt(), but by using static import we
can access sqrt() method directly.
With Static import
import static java.lang.Math.*;
class Test2 {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println(sqrt(4));
System.out.println(pow(2, 2));
System.out.println(abs(6.3));
}
}
Ambiguity in static import
If two static members of the same name are
imported from multiple different classes, the
compiler will throw an error, as it will not be
able to determine which member to use in the
absence of class name qualification
Ambiguity in case of static import
package MyPackage;
import static java.lang.Integer.*;
import static java.lang.Byte.*;
public class MyMain {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println(MAX_VALUE);
}
}
Error: Reference to MAX_VALUE is ambiguous
Difference between import and static import:
• With the help of import, we are able to access
classes and interfaces which are present in any
package. But using static import, we can access all
the static members (variables and methods) of a
class directly without explicitly calling class name.
• The main difference is Readability,
ClassName.dataMember (System.out) is less
readable when compared to dataMember(out)
• static import can make your program more readable
Naming Conventions
• Package names are written in all lower case to
avoid conflict with the names of classes or
interfaces.
• Companies use their reversed Internet domain
name to begin their package names.
For example, com.example.mypackage for a
package named mypackage created by a
programmer at example.com.
• Name collisions that occur within a single
company need to be handled by convention
within that company, perhaps by including the
region or the project name after the company
name.
for example, com.example.region.mypackage).
Making Jar Files
• In Java, JAR stands for Java Archive, whose format is
based on the zip format.
• The JAR files format is mainly used to aggregate a
collection of files into a single one.
• It is a single cross-platform archive format that
handles images, audio, and class files. With the
existing applet code, it is backward-compatible.
• In Java, Jar files are completely written in the Java
programming language.
• We can either download the JAR files from the
browser or can write our own JAR files using Eclipse
IDE.

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