Java 1.5's quirky new static import
David Flanagan has been experimenting with the new static import feature in Java 2 version 1.5, which provides a shorthand way to refer to class variables:
import static java.lang.System.out;
class SalutonMondo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
out.println("Saluton Mondo!");
}
}
That seems simple enough, but as Flanagan demonstrates, the static import keyword does some things you might not expect.
