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default package
subject			fact

default package	has definition An unnamed package that contains class files whose source files did not contain a package statement
	does not have a name
	has purpose storing temporary or small applications
	is a subtopic of Packages
	is defined by all the files in current directory
	is a kind of package
package	can be imported
	can be imported by using the import statement
	contains 0 or more classes and 0 or more interfaces
	defines a name space
	groups classes or interfaces by function
	is specified by a file that begins with a package statement
	is stored as a set of class files in a directory
	see also package name
	to create you put a class in it or put an interface in it by putting a package statement at the top of the source file in which the class or interface is defined
	to import you use the import statement with the asterisk wildcard character
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional

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