Making a code more readable

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I have two classes in my app with identicall names, I cannot rename them, on of them is from packageA second from packageB, the name of this class is State, and I have to use it in one place in my program like this:

 Map<Integer,Set<org.omg.PortableServer.POAManagerPackage.State>>

is there any way (but using this class) to make this somewhat more readable(to shorten it somewhat)?

Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2447880/change-name-of-import-in-java-or-import-two-classes-with-the-same-name — Matthieu Napoli, Jul 01 '12 at 10:12
Today I learned: you can't statically import a package, only a type. That was going to be my suggestion — Miquel, Jul 01 '12 at 10:13

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 01 '12 at 10:14

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Possibly derive from one of the classes to disambiguate. For example, in POAState.java:

import org.omg.PortableServer.POAManagerPackage.State;

public class POAState extends State {}

then:

Map<Integer,Set<POAState>> my_map;

answered Jul 01 '12 at 10:14

hmjd

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 01 '12 at 10:11

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Create wrapping class that will have only Set<org.omg.PortableServer.POAManagerPackage.State> and all the needed Set methods.

usage in client:

Map<Integer,GoodWrappingSetName>

answered Jul 01 '12 at 10:11

dantuch

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Brad · Answer 3 · 2012-07-01T10:24:19.023

If you use the two different State classes in the same piece of code (*.java file), then the answer is "No", Java does not provide a short hand notation. You must be explicit and include the full package names to remove the ambiguity.

@dantuch has raised an interesting idea, but rather than wrap the class, if you can extend one of them, you can create an empty sub-class of State that simply defers all of it's implementation to the parent class.

public MyState extends State {
    // no implementation required
}

Then you can then refer to MyState

Making a code more readable

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