Why do we need to import 'java.lang.annotation' ?

Hi All,
Since java.lang.* is the default package for all java file, Why do we need to import 'java.lang.annotation' separately?
Thanks in advance..
Regards
Karthikeya V

Karthikeya wrote:
Hi All,
Since java.lang.* is the default package for all java file, Why do we need to import 'java.lang.annotation' separately?
Thanks in advance..
Regards
Karthikeya VLet me explain that differently: packages on disc usually form a directory structure (but it is not a rule, elements of the same package structure can come from different jars). BUT, this does not automatically mean that packages to Java form some kind of hierarchy as well - they don't. java.lang and java.lang.annotation are simply two completely different, unrelated packages.

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