Address a Package name by a shorter name

Asked Mar 05 '15 at 16:06

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I have arranged my .java files in a folder-subfolder-* structure. My initial package name is (e.g)

com.company.app

Therefore the .java files in a would have a namespace / package of

com.company.app.folder1.folder2

And to access any of the classes from the com.company.app I have to prefix the class name with the package name.

com.company.app.Game

I was wondering if there is a way to set an alias or a pointer to a package(name) and then be able to just use the pointer ?

like so

app.Game

Is this possible ?

asked Mar 05 '15 at 16:06

Prakash Raman

possible duplicate of [Change Name of Import in Java, or import two classes with the same name](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2447880/change-name-of-import-in-java-or-import-two-classes-with-the-same-name) – gtgaxiola Mar 05 '15 at 16:07
Hmmm. That would be importing a .java only. I would like to refer to the package name directly. – Prakash Raman Mar 05 '15 at 16:13
May I ask what do you mean by `refer`? – gtgaxiola Mar 05 '15 at 16:20
Sure. I would like to be able to refer to a class as "app.Game" instead of "com.company.app.Game" – Prakash Raman Mar 05 '15 at 16:21
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If you are not importing, then you must explicitly put the qualified name. As of Java 8 it doesn't support alias resolution. – gtgaxiola Mar 05 '15 at 16:22
Yeah. Thought as much. Wishful thinking I guess. Thanks though ! – Prakash Raman Mar 05 '15 at 16:22

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