What is the proper style for listing imports in Java?

Question

Is it better to list each individual piece of a package you\'re going to need (see #1) or is it better to just import everything from a package (see #2)?

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Answer 1

If you list them individually it is easier to detect, when reading code with a simple editor (rather than from inside a dev environment), which package objects come from. When reading code from complex projects this can save significant time. Had an example of that earlier today, in fact, when I was studying code from a large open source project without wanting to load everything into eclipse.