Once you have a package, you will want to import classes and/or interfaces—actually, class and/or interface names—from that package to your program, so it can use those classes and/or interfaces.

Because Java implementations map package and subpackage names to same-named directories, an import statement is equivalent to loading a reference type’s class file from the directory sequence ...

Importing an entire package should have no impact on the memory use at runtime (you pay for what you use, not what you can see).

Java 23 extends import and patterns, but dispenses with string templates In addition to enhanced preview features such as the Class-File API, the JDK brings innovations in pattern matching and ...