Subj : Re: Namespaces
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Peter Paulus
Date : Tue Oct 11 2005 04:08 pm

Berserker wrote:
> How can I implement namespaces in spidermonkey?
> I need to have a sintax like this:
> 
> var file = new core.io.File();
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> 
As far as I understand it, javascript 1.5 (or ECMA3) has no concept 
namespace. What you could do to partition names into (quasi) packages is 
decorate the classname with a package identifier:

w3cDOM_Document
InDesign_Document

I believe this approach is also advised by ECMA in ECMA-290 (paragraph 
5.2 ECMAScript Object Implementation)

'However, to prevent name space collisions, the component constructor 
should follow the hierarchical convention of 
domainName_subdomainName_category1_...categoryN_componentName or 
category1_...categoryn_componentName.'

Hope this helps
Peter Paulus

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