Clojure - Namespaces

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Namespaces in Clojure are used to differentiate classes into separate logical spaces just like in Java. Consider the following statement.

(:require [clojure.set :as set])

In the above statement, ‘clojure.set’ is a namespace which contains various classes and methods to be used in the program. For example, the above namespace contains the function called map-invert, which is used to invert a map of key-values. We cannot use this function unless we explicitly tell our program to include this namespace.

Let’s look at the different methods available for namespaces.

Sr.No. Methods & Description
1 *ns*

This is used to look at your current namespace.
2 ns

This is used to create a new namespace and associate it with the running program.
3 alias

Add an alias in the current namespace to another namespace. Arguments are two symbols: the alias to be used and the symbolic name of the target namespace.
4 all-ns

Returns a list of all namespaces.
5 find-ns

Finds and returns a particular namespace.
6 ns-name

Returns the name of a particular namespace.
7 ns-aliases

Returns the aliases, which are associated with any namespaces.
8 ns-map

Returns a map of all the mappings for the namespace.
9 un-alias

Returns a map containing only those entries in map whose key is in keys.
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