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🕵️‍♂️📦 GUESS THE JAVA VERSION: STATIC IMPORT EDITION

March 6, 2026

🔸 TLDR

▪️ Static imports + autoboxing → think Java 5 🧠☕

🔸 THE QUIZ (GUESS BEFORE READING THE ANSWER)

🔸 OPTIONS

▪️ Java 5

▪️ Java 11

🔸 ANSWER

✅ Java 5

🔸 WHY? (VERY SHORT)

▪️ import static ... was introduced in Java 5.

▪️ asList(1,2,3) also leans on autoboxing (ints → Integer) which arrived in Java 5 too.

🔸 TAKEAWAYS

▪️ Static imports let you write out.println(...) instead of System.out.println(...)

▪️ asList(1, 2, 3) becomes a List thanks to autoboxing ✅

▪️ Use static imports sparingly: they can hide where names come from 👀

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