I have imported an Existing Java Application into my Workspace .
I see that , a class with same name is present in different packages with in the Application.
For example a class named "Status.java" is present with in
com.tata.model.common.Status;
com.bayer.frontlayer.dao.Status;
When I tried to use both of them within a class, for example as shown below
import com.tata.model.common.Status;
import com.bayer.frontlayer.dao.Status;
public class Adapter
{
}
It started giving an error in Eclipse stating
The import com.bayer.frontlayer.dao.Status collides with another import statement
Is there anyway to solve this without changing the name of the classes??
Thank you.
You can use them explicitly without importing them, so the included package name differentiates between the two:
//No imports required!
public class Adapter
{
private com.tata.model.common.Status x;
private com.bayer.frontlayer.dao.Status y;
}
You can import just one of the classes and use the fully qualified name for the other one.
e.g.
import com.tata.model.common.Status;
//import com.bayer.frontlayer.dao.Status;
class SomeClass{
void someMethod(){
new Status(); // com.tata.model.common.Status
new com.bayer.frontlayer.dao.Status(); //com.bayer.frontlayer.dao.Status
}
}
Though I think it would be less confusing in your case if you just used the fully-qualified names for both classes.
Directly apply full Class Names wherever applicable. Eg-
public class SomeClass {
public someMethod() {
com.myapp.someotherpackage.Status = "something";
com.some.other.package.Status = "otherthing";
if(com.myapp.someotherpackage.Status == com.some.other.package.Status) {
}
....
}
}