Java would be enhanced with the ability to succinctly import all packages exported by a module, under a proposal floating in the Java community.

Since packages in Java are directories, it is easy to retrieve all the classes contained in a package using the File object’s list() method.

That three percent included packages, methods, and class names. But those declarations—like starting a function with package java.lang —can only be used in certain ways.

Google: Tech giant Google has said that over 35,000 Java packages have been affected by vulnerabilities that have been recently disclosed with widespread fallout in the software industry.

“Google’s use of the Java API packages was not fair,” appeals court rules Oracle wants $8.8 billion, but that’s now for a lower court to determine.