FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
E:\prep\src>java -version
java version "1.5.0_05"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_05-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_05-b05, mixed mode, sharing)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows NT

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
there is a class A where the package stattement is

package Use.Examples;

there is a class B which uses static import in the following way.

import static Use.Examples.*

When we try to compile B.java the following error message is displayed.

E:\prep\src>javac -d E:\prep\build B.java
B.java:2: package Use does not exist
import static Use.Examples.*;

But package Use exists.
                  
Ideally speaking it should display the following 4 lines as error message.
"Use.Examples" is not a class and import staic is being used in a wrong way.
Correct way of using import static is
import static pack1.pckg2.pckg3....classname.*;


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :

//A.java
package Use.Examples;

public class A
{
public static int i=10;
}


//B.java

import static Use.Examples.*;
//import Use.Temp.A.*;

public class B
{
}

Compile A.java
Compile B.java
At the time B.jva is compiled wrong error message is shown;

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
"Use.Examples" is not a class and import staic is being used in a wrong way.
Correct way of using import static is
import static pack1.pckg2.pckg3....classname.*;

ACTUAL -
E:\prep\src>javac -d E:\prep\build B.java
B.java:2: package Use does not exist
import static Use.Examples.*;


ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
E:\prep\src>javac -d E:\prep\build B.java
B.java:2: package Use does not exist
import static Use.Examples.*;


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
//A.java
package Use.Examples;

public class A
{
public static int i=10;
}


//B.java

import static Use.Examples.*;
//import Use.Temp.A.*;

public class B
{
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
No...........