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Asked: 2026-05-24T15:49:46+00:00

I’m using Netbeans IDE 7.0.1. I base my question on the CalculatorApp sample application

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I’m using Netbeans IDE 7.0.1.
I base my question on the CalculatorApp sample application available with the IDE.
The sample is running fine but I wish I could use some JSON, ad so I download google-gson-stream-1.7.1.jar library, and included it in my libraries :
– right click on “Library”, then “Properties” then “Add JAR/Folder” and selected my JAR (located somewhere in “My Documents/Download”.

The problem is that when i type the following :

import com.google.gson;

(or even com.google), the IDE fires a “Package com.google does not exist”. The JAR and its hierarchy is correctly shown on the left side pane,in the “Libraries” section. Most surprising, the IDE can autocomplete the com.google.** stuff.

AFAIK, I need to further to get this work, don’t I ? Any ideas ?

Thank you !

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  1. Editorial Team

    In Java, import statements are for classes and interfaces (types) not for packages themselves. Are you sure you tried to import a class under com.google.gson package and not the package itself?

    import com.google.gson.Foo; should work.

    So should

    import com.google.gson.*; or
    import com.google.*;

    Note however that wildcard imports aren’t particularly recommended.

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