Browsing and Maintaining an Imported Package

You can browse and maintain an existing imported package by using the Package Class Browser. You cannot use this browser to add or remove classes from the imported package but you can add features to an imported class, if required, by using standard JADE functionality. (For details, see "Defining Methods, Properties, Constants, and Conditions", in Chapter 4 of the JADE Development Environment User’s Guide.)

To browse or maintain an imported package by using the Package Class Browser

• Open a Package Class Browser by performing the following actions.

  1. Select the Packages command from the Browse menu.

  2. Select the Import Package command from the submenu that is then displayed. The Import Packages Browser window is then opened, displaying all packages imported into the schema.

  3. Select the Browse command from the Packages menu. (The Browse command is disabled if the schema does not contain any imported packages.)

A Package Class Browser is then opened, which enables you to browse the selected imported package as you would any other JADE entity (for example, the Primitive Types Browser or the Methods Browser).

You can add features (methods and constants) to an imported class if the attributes of that class permit.