Avoid repeated imports in Java: Inherit imports?

Question

Is there a way to \"inherit\" imports?

Example:

Common enum:

public enum Constant{ ONE, TWO, THREE }

Base clas

Answer 1

No, you can't inherit an import. If you want to reference a type within a class file without using the fully-qualified name, you have to import it explicitly.

But in your example it would be easy enough to say

public Sub extends Base {
    public Sub() {
        register(Constant.TWO, "blabla"); // without import: Constant.TWO
    }
}