Packages, import and Inheriting with static

Question

Hello.
I am programming a program, in which the main class (file: Main.java) uses objects declared in Components.java.
The problem is, the import of the components only works if I explicitly make the main class inherit from the components class with whose objects being declared as 'static'. A simple import instruction, the way I learned it, in the main class such as 'import <project>.components;' does not work.
Sample code:
Current state; working
Main.java:
package <project>;
public class Main extends Components {  
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        start();
}Components.java:
package <project>
public class Components {
    public static void start() {
        // code
}Desired:
Main.java
package <project>;
import <project>.components;
public class Main {  
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        start();
}Components.java:
package <project>
public class Components {
    public void start() {
        // code
}How to realize this idea into a working program?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I apologize for not conveying my problem proberly, but you have to know I did not learn Java with reference material in the English language, therefore it might happen that some terms are not translated correctly (by me) and thus not equaling the standardised terms.
Anyway, let me try to rephrase my problem.
I want to use the object declared in Components.java in the main class/main methode of the file Main.java. In order to achieve this goal I used inheriting, concretely the main class inherits from the components class, as a makeshift to use Components.java's objects in the main class. However this is not the way I want to accomplish my objective with.
To make a long story short I just want to utilise Components.java's object in Main.java's main method. The manner to achieve this does not matter, though I want to do it preferably with 'import'.
Hope this clears things up. Thank you anyway.
Edited by: Ikaragua on May 31, 2008 6:00 AM
Solution found.
package project;
public class Main {  
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Components.start();
}