Multiple choice technology programming languages

If all three top-level elements occur in a source file, they must appear in which order?

  1. Imports, package declaration, classes

  2. Classes, imports, package declarations

  3. Package declaration must come first; order for imports and class definitions is not

  4. Package declaration, imports, classes

  5. Imports must come first; order for package declaration and class definitions is not
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Java requires a specific order for top-level elements in a source file: the package declaration (if present) must come first, followed by import statements, and then class/interface/enum definitions. This order ensures the compiler can properly resolve package and import information before processing type definitions. Options A, B, and E have incorrect ordering, while option C incorrectly states that imports and classes can be in any order.

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