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Are the imports checked for validity at compile time?

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e.g. will the code containing an import such as java.lang.ABCD compile?

posted Mar 26, 2014 by Prachi Agarwal

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Let me google it for you and found first link (may be a famous interview question)

Yes the imports are checked for the semantic validity at compile time. The code containing above line of import will not compile. It will throw an error saying,can not resolve symbol

symbol : class ABCD
location: package io
import java.io.ABCD;
answer Mar 26, 2014 by Luv Kumar
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