[swift-users] noob question about modules

[Alex Blewitt]

No, submodules in Swift bear little relation to sub packages in Java. It's really just a way of partitioning the namespace within a single module. Nor is there any relation between the path and the name of the module either.

Alex

> On 12 Sep 2017, at 22:41, blaster_in_black via swift-users <swift-users at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am beginning with Swift 4 (coming from the Java world) but I do not have yet a Swift development environment to experiment with. Therefore my question(s) might sound a bit silly. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to answer them by reading the online Language Guide.
> 
> 1) What makes a submodule? I can see online examples about how to import them, but not how to create one or any other further details about them. Are they like Java packages inside a jar? Do their hierarchical name (prefix1.prefix2. ... .submodulename) reflect a path tree on the filesystem (/prefix1/prefix2. ... /submodulename), just as it happens with Java packages?
> 2) Can two different submodules within a single module export two different classes under a single class name? Like module.submodule1.MyType and module.submodule2.myType.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> David
> 
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