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Bug 36313 - The "import management tool" is poorly designed.
Summary: The "import management tool" is poorly designed.
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: java
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Unsupported (show other bugs)
Version: -S1S-
Hardware: All All
: P2 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@java
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Reported: 2003-09-26 22:57 UTC by kishm
Modified: 2007-09-26 09:14 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description kishm 2003-09-26 22:57:27 UTC 
Customer's words follow.

"The "import management tool" is poorly 
designed.  It forces me to provide a list of 
packages against which it will check for unknown
classes, rather then using the class-path.  Thus 
as my project changes shape, I must constantly 
update the list of packages for the silly
import tool.  In addition, it always takes the 
first match rather than offering a list of  
classes if more than one matches the undefined
class."
Comment 1 Michael Ottati 2003-11-01 00:31:00 UTC 
Changing the default setting for the import wizard for the property:

Guessing Strategy for Unresolved Identifiers 

to: "Search in Well Known Packages"
from: "Do not resolve" 

as it appears to default to would make this feature more usable. 
Most customers will not have the patience to find this setting and 
enable it such that the import feature is usable. 

The only way I found it was after reading sever IZ cases on this 
issue.
Comment 2 Jan Becicka 2004-08-10 16:08:37 UTC 
import management tool was replaced by Fix Imports action (Alt-Shift-F)