Message7171

This problem is not related only to from-import but also to regular import. It's interesting that some imports work, some don't. Look:

Jython 2.5.2 (Release_2_5_2:7206, Mar 2 2011, 23:12:06)
[Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (Oracle Corporation)] on java1.7.0_04
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>>> dir(java)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'java' is not defined

>>> import java
>>> dir(java)
['__name__', 'io']

>>> import java.security
>>> dir(java.security)
['__name__']
>>> import java.security.spec
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named spec