Java out.println() how is this possible?

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user69514 picture user69514 · Mar 23, 2010 · Viewed 241.5k times · Source

I've seen some code such as:

out.println("print something");

I tried import java.lang.System;

but it's not working. How do you use out.println() ?

Answer

sfussenegger picture sfussenegger · Mar 23, 2010

static imports do the trick:

import static java.lang.System.out;

or alternatively import every static method and field using

import static java.lang.System.*;

Addendum by @Steve C: note that @sfussenegger said this in a comment on my Answer.

"Using such a static import of System.out isn't suited for more than simple run-once code."

So please don't imagine that he (or I) think that this solution is Good Practice.

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