Namespaces in C++ | Set 4 (Overloading, and Exchange of Data in different Namespaces)
Prerequisite:
In this article, we will discuss the concept of data sharing between different namespaces, how to access and Overload standard operators to work for user-defined classes inside user-defined namespaces, and their implementation.
In C++, We can create classes inside different namespaces and the scope of those classes is limited to the namespace in which they are created. Hence we must access those classes using the scope resolution operator (::).
Below is the implementation to understand the declaration of classes inside a namespace and initialization of objects in the program:
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// C++ program to illustrate the basics // of classes inside namespaces #include <iostream> #include <string> // Declaration of namespace namespace w3wiki { // Output string std::string out = "This is not from (w3wiki::string) class!" ; // Class inside w3wiki namespace class string { private : std::string s = "Hello! " ; public : // Make string string( const std::string& str) { s += str; } // Function to get string std::string get_str() { return s; } }; }; // Driver Code int main() { std::cout << w3wiki::out << std::endl; // Create an object of string class // of Test namespace w3wiki::string str( "From namespace Test!" ); // Print the string std::cout << str.get_str() << std::endl; return 0; } |
This is not from (w3wiki::string) class! Hello! From namespace Test!
In the above program, we can clearly see that scope of the class ‘string’ inside w3wiki namespace was only inside the namespace and the class was initialized by the parameterized constructor which also changed the private string ‘s’ of Class string inside the namespace Test.
The below program is the illustration of the Concepts of Overloading of Operators with different namespace Class Objects as Parameters and Accessing and Exchange of data from one namespace to another namespace:
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// C++ program to show overloading and // accessing from different namespaces #include <iostream> #include <string> // Declare namespace test_space1 namespace test_space1 { const std::string const_prefix = "(test_space1::string) " ; // String class class string { private : std::string str = "" ; // Private default constructor string(); public : // Public parameterized constructor string( const std::string& s) : str(const_prefix + s) { } // Get string function std::string get_str() const { return str; } }; }; // Declare namespace test_space2 namespace test_space2 { const std::string const_prefix = "(test_space2::string) " ; class string { private : std::string str = "" ; const std::string check_scope = "test_space2!" ; string(); public : // Public parameterized constructor string( const std::string& s) : str(const_prefix + s) { } std::string get_str() const { return str; } std::string getScopestr() const { return check_scope; } }; }; // Declare namespace test_space3 namespace test_space3 { // Object from another namespace // (test_space2 in this case!) const std::string const_prefix = "(test_space3::string) from both nmspaces test_space3 & " ; // Class inside namespace test_space3 class string { std::string str = "" ; string(); public : string( const test_space2::string& s) : str(const_prefix + s.getScopestr()) { } // Access function from test_space2 // and adding a private string of // test_space2:: string to str of // test_space3 std::string get_str() const { return str; } }; }; // Overloading << operator for test_space1 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const test_space1::string& s1) { os << s1.get_str(); return os; } // Overloading << operator for test_space2 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const test_space2::string& s2) { os << s2.get_str(); return os; } // Overloading << operator for test_space3 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const test_space3::string& s3) { os << s3.get_str(); return os; } // Driver Code int main() { // String str const std::string str( "This is a standard string" ); // Print the string str std::cout << str << std::endl; const std::string sample1( "This is a test_space1 namespace string" ); // Declare a test_space1 namespace // string class object const test_space1::string s2(sample1); std::cout << s2 << std::endl; // Print test_space1 string const std::string sample2( "This is a test_space2 namespace string" ); // std string test_space2::string s3(sample2); // Declare a test_space2 namespace // string class object std::cout << s3 << std::endl; // Print test_space2 string test_space3::string s4(s3); // Print string s4 std::cout << s4 << std::endl; return 0; } |
This is a standard string (test_space1::string) This is a test_space1 namespace string (test_space2::string) This is a test_space2 namespace string (test_space3::string) Accessing from both namespaces test_space3 and test_space2!
Explanation:
- In the above program, We have created three namespaces – test_space1, test_space2 and test_space3.
- All of these namespaces have a common class string in them. We have created their respective objects s2, s3 and s4 which take different parameters during initialization.
- The namespace test_space3 is used to access class members from inside the string class of namespace test_space2 and hence, test_space3::string’s constructor is different from the other two classes constructors.
- So, We are able to access the data from test_space2 and use it in test_space3. This shows the Accessibility and Exchange of Data between different Namespaces and their Classes.
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