A Java package is a collection of similar classes, interfaces, and sub-packages, categorized into built-in and user-defined packages. Java packages provide organization, access protection, and prevent naming collisions, while they can be accessed in three ways: importing, using class names, or fully qualified names. Compilation and execution of Java packages involve specific commands, such as using the 'javac' and 'java' commands for creating and running packages.

1. Java Package

2. • A java package is a group of similar types of
classes, interfaces and sub-packages.
• Package in java can be categorized in two
form, built-in package and user-defined
package.

3. • There are many built-in packages such as java,
lang, awt, javax, swing, net, io, util, sql etc.

4. Advantage of Java Package

5. 1) Java package is used to categorize the classes
and interfaces so that they can be easily
maintained.
2) Java package provides access protection.
3) Java package removes naming collision.

7. Simple example of java package

8. • The package keyword is used to create a
package in java.

9. package mypack;
public class Simple
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("Welcome to package");
}
}

10. How to compile java package

11. • Javac Simple.java
• To Compile: Javac -d . Simple.java
• To Run: java mypack.Simple

12. • The -d is a switch that tells the compiler
where to put the class file i.e. it represents
destination. The . represents the current
folder.

13. How to access package from another
package?
There are three ways to access the package from
outside the package.
import package.*;
import package.classname;
fully qualified name.

14. Using packagename.*

15. package pack;
public class A
{
public void msg()
{
System.out.println("Hello");
}
}

16. package mypack;
import pack.*;
class B
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
A obj = new A();
obj.msg();
}
}

17. Using packagename.classname

18. • If you import package.classname then only
declared class of this package will be
accessible.

19. package pack;
public class A
{
public void msg()
{
System.out.println("Hello");
}
}

20. package mypack;
import pack.A;
class B
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
A obj = new A();
obj.msg();
}
}

21. Using fully qualified name

22. • If you use fully qualified name then only
declared class of this package will be
accessible. Now there is no need to import.
But you need to use fully qualified name every
time when you are accessing the class or
interface.
• It is generally used when two packages have
same class name e.g. java.util and java.sql
packages contain Date class.

23. package pack;
public class A
{
public void msg()
{
System.out.println("Hello");
}
}

24. package mypack;
class B
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
pack.A obj = new pack.A();
//using fully qualified name
obj.msg();
}
}