java what is the difference between import java.sql.* and java.sql.Connection

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Thomas Daniels · Answer 1 · 2013-02-09T03:28:00

Hi,

If you use

Java

import java.sql.*;

then you import ALL classes in the package java.sql.
If you use

Java

import java.sql.Connection;

Then only the Connection class in the package java.sql will be imported.

Read more about the import keyword here:
http://www.roseindia.net/help/java/i/import-keyword.shtml[^]

Hope this helps.

Posted 9-Feb-13 3:28am

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H.Brydon 9-Feb-13 14:45pm

Perfect answer. +5

Thomas Daniels 10-Feb-13 4:31am

Thank you!