<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <title>BoostBook element namespace</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../doc/src/boostbook.css" type="text/css"> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"> <link rel="home" href="../../index.html" title="The Boost C++ Libraries BoostBook Documentation Subset"> <link rel="up" href="../../reference.html" title="Reference"> <link rel="prev" href="constructor.html" title="BoostBook element constructor"> <link rel="next" href="if-fails.html" title="BoostBook element if-fails"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> <table cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr> <td valign="top"><img alt="Boost C++ Libraries" width="277" height="86" src="../../../../boost.png"></td> <td align="center"><a href="../../../../index.html">Home</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="../../../../libs/libraries.htm">Libraries</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.boost.org/users/people.html">People</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.boost.org/users/faq.html">FAQ</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="../../../../more/index.htm">More</a></td> </tr></table> <hr> <div class="spirit-nav"> <a accesskey="p" href="constructor.html"><img src="../../../../doc/src/images/prev.png" alt="Prev"></a><a accesskey="u" href="../../reference.html"><img src="../../../../doc/src/images/up.png" alt="Up"></a><a accesskey="h" href="../../index.html"><img src="../../../../doc/src/images/home.png" alt="Home"></a><a accesskey="n" href="if-fails.html"><img src="../../../../doc/src/images/next.png" alt="Next"></a> </div> <div class="refentry"> <a name="boostbook.dtd.namespace"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2><span class="refentrytitle"> BoostBook element <code class="sgmltag-element">namespace</code></span></h2> <p>namespace — Declares a namespace</p> </div> <h2 xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="refsynopsisdiv-title">Synopsis</h2> <div xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="refsynopsisdiv">namespace ::= (<a class="link" href="class.html" title="BoostBook element class">class</a>| <a class="link" href="class-specialization.html" title="BoostBook element class-specialization">class-specialization</a>| <a class="link" href="struct.html" title="BoostBook element struct">struct</a>| <a class="link" href="struct-specialization.html" title="BoostBook element struct-specialization">struct-specialization</a>| <a class="link" href="union.html" title="BoostBook element union">union</a>| <a class="link" href="union-specialization.html" title="BoostBook element union-specialization">union-specialization</a>| <a class="link" href="typedef.html" title="BoostBook element typedef">typedef</a>| <a class="link" href="enum.html" title="BoostBook element enum">enum</a>| <a class="link" href="free-function-group.html" title="BoostBook element free-function-group">free-function-group</a>| <a class="link" href="function.html" title="BoostBook element function">function</a>| <a class="link" href="overloaded-function.html" title="BoostBook element overloaded-function">overloaded-function</a>| <a class="link" href="namespace.html" title="BoostBook element namespace">namespace</a>)* </div> <div class="refsection"> <a name="id3234878"></a><h2>Description</h2> <p>BoostBook namespaces are declared via the <namespace> element. As in C++, namespaces can be nested and contain other C++ constructs, such as classes or functions. The <code class="computeroutput">name</code> attribute of a <namespace> element gives the namespace name (e.g., "boost"). The <a class="link" href="../../any.html" title="Chapter 2. Boost.Any">Any</a> library is defined entirely within namespace boost by:</p> <pre class="programlisting"><library-reference> <header name="boost/any.hpp"> <namespace name="boost"> <!-- C++ constructs in the boost namespace --> </namespace> </header> </library-reference></pre> </div> <div class="refsection"> <a name="id3234923"></a><h2>Attributes</h2> <div class="informaltable"><table class="table"> <colgroup> <col> <col> <col> <col> </colgroup> <thead><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Value</th> <th>Purpose</th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>last-revision</td> <td>#IMPLIED</td> <td>CDATA</td> <td>Set to $Date: 2009-10-10 15:53:46 +0100 (Sat, 10 Oct 2009) $ to keep "last revised" information in sync with CVS changes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>name</td> <td>#REQUIRED</td> <td>CDATA</td> <td>The name of the element being declared to referenced</td> </tr> <tr> <td>id</td> <td>#IMPLIED</td> <td>CDATA</td> <td>A global identifier for this element</td> </tr> <tr> <td>xml:base</td> <td>#IMPLIED</td> <td>CDATA</td> <td>Implementation detail used by XIncludes</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> </div> <table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> <td align="left"></td> <td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2003-2005 Douglas Gregor<p>Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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