I never use an IDE to edit Java, and that's pretty much what it looks like. To use a class in Java, you must import it first. To import it, you type "import " and then the fully qualified name of the class. From there, you can use the unqualified name.

It's basically like that in every other programming language, though others are less opaque. In Perl, you get a variable called %:: that holds the symbol table, and you can directly manipulate it. That lets you write something like "use all" and use every CPAN module at once. In C, you can include arbitrary source files at arbitrary places, making it possible to import every library with one statement. But in both languages this is considered terrible practice, with most style guides wanting one use or include statement for each library. Exactly the same as Java.

If you were going to complain about the API, you might complain about the "impl" in every import. That's a silly convention that wastes typing. (Also, Google puts their collection classes in the "collect" namespace, saving a few letters over calling it "collections" like Goldman.)