Anyone know about namespaces?

[Wokawidget]

Why, when and where should you use namespaces?

Woof?

[mendhak]

A namespace is basically a logical grouping of classes, you already know. You use them in order to avoid conflicting code, you use them to logically organize your classes.

Whenever you write a class for a class library, it's best to give it a namespace. Reason: So that if anyone else wants to use it, they have an idea what it's about.

Pretty simple answer though, do you have any specific Q?

[Wokawidget]

So...a name space per function then?

Woof

[Wokawidget]

Also...if I was writing some forum software...what should I call the project, and what should I call the solution?
Should I call them both "WokaForums"???

Woka

[mendhak]

Originally posted by Wokawidget
So...a name space per function then?

Woof

A namespace for a GROUP of classes, then.

[mendhak]

Originally posted by Wokawidget
Also...if I was writing some forum software...what should I call the project, and what should I call the solution?
Should I call them both "WokaForums"???

Woka

Call them whatever you like. Just be sure to make your namespaces "scalable" ( I wouldn't know the proper term)

It could be something like

Wokawidget.WebSolutions.Forums.WokaForums

Edit:

So that, in the future, if you made an email client one day, you'd name it

Wokawidget.WinSolutions.Email.WokaMail

[mendhak]

Originally posted by Wokawidget
So...a name space per function then?

Woof

OK, I have an example:

I am currently working on the sandpaper project. I am making a Meaning Of Life generator. This generator consists of three classes for whatever reasons.

I have given it the namespace

Sandpaper.MeaningOfLife

Meanwhile, wossname would be working on the eleventh commandment, and he'd call it

Sandpaper.EleventhCommandment

which itself consists of say, 15 classes.

See where I'm going?

[jas4th]

.... also
one of your developers decided to incorporate widgets from WobblyWidgets - guess what? They also developed code for MeaningOfLife (it's a very popular area of software engineering right now!)
But because there's is in the namespace WobblyWidgets there is no conflict because its WobblyWidgets.MeaningOfLife.

[mendhak]

Yes, but you really have to wonder about this trend. They all end up giving us 42 as an answer anyways.

[jas4th]

Ah!! But now you can use polymorphism and also get the answer Mice!!!