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C# C# Basics (Retired) Console I/O Namespaces

Posted by Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

What's a namespace exactly?

what is the name of the namespace in the following method call.

Adobe.Illustrator.Canvas.Paint();

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

Namespaces are a way of encapsulating (grouping together) items, generally to be able to refer to them collectively or to avoid name conflicts with items in other namespaces.

This challenge is about identifying the parts of a method name. Things to keep in mind when doing this are:

  • The general rule for method names is: namespace.class.method()
  • Only the namespace can contain periods (.)
  • The last two periods separate the namespace from the class and the class from the method
  • Any other periods are part of the namespace.

So for this example the method is Paint, the class is Canvas, and the namespace is Adobe.Illustrator.

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Thank you! I always thought it was Adobe or Illustrator.