Java proposal would streamline module package imports

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Java would be enhanced with the ability to succinctly import all packages exported by a module, under a proposal floating in the Java community. The plan would simplify the use of modular libraries in Java.

The preview language feature for Java SE (Standard Edition), called Module Import Declarations, has been filed as a JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP) in the OpenJDK community.

Goals of the plan include simplifying the reuse of modular libraries by allowing entire modules to be imported at once, avoiding the noise of multiple type-import-on-demand declarations when using diverse parts of the API exported by a module, and allowing beginners to more easily use third-party libraries and fundamental Java classes without having to learn where they are located in a package hierarchy, the proposal states.

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