Is there any way to apply dependency to one package only?

Question

If I have a file that is in

package com.my.stuff.tests.stuffone;

Is there anyway to make a pom dependency apply to that one package only and not to the other

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.some.library</groupId>
            <artifactId>some-artifact</artifactId>
            <version>1</version>
            // apply to com.my.stuff.tests.stuffone;
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.some.library</groupId>
            <artifactId>some-artifact</artifactId>
            <version>2</version>
            // apply to all other package
        </dependency>

you'd probably need to use shading https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-shade-plugin/ to create your own non-conflicting version. — Darren Forsythe, Feb 15 '19 at 19:38
Possible duplicate of [Multiple versions of the same dependency in Maven](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24962607/multiple-versions-of-the-same-dependency-in-maven) — Roland Weisleder, Feb 15 '19 at 19:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 15 '19 at 19:43

Nope - packages in java are simply organizational structures for code, they don't have any other properties.

Once a Jar (dependency) is on the classpath, it's available to the class loader and all other classes under the same class loader (e.g. all other packages).

Is there any way to apply dependency to one package only?

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