Is this how Java package imports are supposed to work?

Question

I\'ve been struggling with my first regex. During the compile, Pattern and Matcher kept getting cannot find symbol errors.

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Answer 1

Yes, that is how package imports work (and are supposed to work) in Java. For example, doing import javax.swing.*; will import all classes within javax.swing.* but not sub-packages and their classes.

Ergo, javax.swing.* will not import javax.swing.event or javax.swing.event.*

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