Message254

The "*sys-package-mgr*: processing ..." are done only to support the dir() and "from .. import *" on java packages. The actual loading of the class is performed by a basic Class.forName(..).

So it is no surprise that dir() works, but that import doesn't.

However, this this more of a feature request than a bug. A task have created to describe the feature:

 "Loading java classes from other sources" (#24502)

The bug report will be closed, but rest assured that the feature is important and that Jython will improve in this area.