CS 342 - 4/21/16

Java Packages

Reason to to avoid name conflicts between code segments produced
   by different groups

java relies on the ClassPath system variable to help result resolve package use.

package statement


package <name>;


//  example from http://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/java_packages.htm
package animal;

//the rest of the file code


The above line indicates the '.class' files get stored in the
  animal subdirectory.


To use these class files, the following import statement is to given 
   access to the files

import animal;