Too many imports spamming my code

Question

In my project I have a shapes package which has shapes I designed for my graphics program e.g Rectangle, Circle. I also have one or two more packages that have the

Answer 1

• It's a good practice to import class by class instead of importing whole packages

• Any good IDE, such as Eclipse, will collapse the imports in one line, and you can expand them when needed, so they won't clutter your view

• In case of conflicts, you can always refer to fully qualified classes, but if one of the two classes is under your control, you can consider renaming it. (with Eclipse, right click on the class, choose Refactor -> Rename, it will take care to update all its references).

• If your class is importing from AWT and from your package of shapes, is ok. It's ok to import from several classes; however, if you find yourself importing from really lots of disparate sources, it could be a sign that your class is doing too much, and need to be split up.