When you import a class name you are telling the compiler, "in this text file when you see 'Foo' it means 'A.B.C.Foo', this is utterly incompatible with there already being a type in your class ...

well, apparently, if i make an empty .java file of the same name, compile it once, and then replace the .class file with the one i want.<BR><BR>hopefully there is some more elegant way to do it ...