Order of JSP page imports

Question

Does the order of the imports in a JSP page matter? I have a JSP page that worked just fine in JBoss 4, but is not compiling in JBoss 6. These are the imports:

<%@ page import="com.at.enp.SecurityManager,
        com.at.enp.util.webUtil,
        com.at.vb.mod.fa.db.RPData.ResetOption,
        com.at.enp.modules.loyalty.MetricSetting,
        java.util.List,
        com.at.presentation.security.EFRightsGroup,
        com.at.enp.modules.loyalty.BonusPlanHandler,
        com.at.presentation.bean.ef.RewardType,
        java.text.SimpleDateFormat,
        com.at.util.*"%>

The offending import is : com.at.vb.mod.fa.db.RPData.ResetOption ResetOption is a public class inside of RPData. If I move the import down in the import list the page compiles just fine. I have no idea why that is making a difference. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

To my knowledge, the order of import statements in a Java class does not matter, so it shouldn't matter in the JSP too. However, I've seen JVM bugs like 6431987 and 6391197 about import order (the former being the closest to your case). Could you be affected by such a bug?