Tuesday, May 27, 2008

C++ Namespaces

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What is a namespace?

  • Namespaces come in handy to avoid name conflicts when multiple programmers are involved.
  • Any name in the namespace could be accessed using the scope resolution operator.
  • To use the names without any qualifiers (::) keyword "using" is specified. e.g) "using namespace myspace1". All the names are visible in the current scope.

EXAMPLE: Demonstrate the usage of namespaces

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void func () {
cout << "func() in global space" << endl;
}

namespace myspace1 {
void func () {
cout << "func() in myspace1" << endl;
}
}

namespace myspace2 {
void func () {
cout << "func() in myspace2" << endl;
}
}

namespace myspace3 {
void func1 () {
cout << "func1() in myspace3" << endl;
}
}

using namespace myspace3;

void main()
{
func();
myspace1::func();
myspace2::func();
func1();
}

OUTPUT:
func() in global space
func() in myspace1
func() in myspace2
func1() in myspace3

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