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Importing operations manage the intersubsystem compilation relationships of views (Apex/Summit) or Rational Subsystems (Apex/ClearCase). For Apex/Summit, an importing view (or client view) can compile against the interfaces of an exporting view (or supplier view) only if the client view imports the supplier view. In Apex/Clearcase, you can import into an RSS, another RSS or another Summit view (.wrk or .rel).

There are two kinds of imports: explicit and implicit. A view or Rational Subsystem's full import set is the union of explicit and implicit imports.

Explicit imports are the views or Rational Subsystems that been imported by explicit user command.

Explicit imports often have compilation dependencies on units that are not specifically imported by the client view or Rational Subsystem. The client view or RSS has an implicit relationship with these units to fulfill compilation dependencies. These implicit imports are computed automatically.

The supplier view or RSS controls import relationships because the client view or RSS can import only those specific units that the supplier view or RSS has in its export sets. That is, the client can purchase only what the supplier displays on its shelves.

Import relationships must comply with the following consistency and compatibility checks:

See Importing Overview in the Programmer's Guide for more information on importing.

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