# Modules and importing them/their namespace? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 2, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modules-and-importing-them-their-namespace/169329 "2009-06-02T13:36:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markus\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Markus\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Markus_F)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modules-and-importing-them-their-namespace/169329/1 "2009-06-02T13:36:06Z")
Hi, I haven’t found anything so far, so probably it doesn’t exist and I’m thinking to much java-ish, but is there a way to import a namespace so I do not need long prefixes? Probably bad example, but if I would name MyModule::HasSubmodile::AndAnotherOne::FinallyMyClass , and I want to use it just like any other module, is there a way to import the “MyModule::HasSubmodile::AndAnotherOne” name and when I write FinallyMyClass.new it automatically resolves to the right one? thanks, - Markus ---
**Author:** ![Markus\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Markus\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Markus_F)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modules-and-importing-them-their-namespace/169329/2 "2009-06-02T13:53:42Z")
On Tuesday 02 June 2009, Markus F. wrote: > |FinallyMyClass.new it automatically resolves to the right one? > | > |thanks, > |- Markus Simply create a constant which points to the module: FinallyMyClass = MyModule::HasSubmodile::AndAnotherOne::FinallyMyClass With this you can do: obj = FinallyMyClass.new I hope this helps Stefano ---
**Author:** ![Markus\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Markus\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Markus_F)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modules-and-importing-them-their-namespace/169329/3 "2009-06-02T14:24:49Z")
Hi, Stefano C. wrote: > Simply create a constant which points to the module: > > FinallyMyClass = MyModule::HasSubmodile::AndAnotherOne::FinallyMyClass > > With this you can do: > > obj = FinallyMyClass.new > > I hope this helps I don’t think so, as it does not make the current scope aware of modules/namespace. Without prefix, I just can’t access FinallyMyClass like I would do it in java(-ish). Probably nothing which belongs into ruby/dynamically typed language. thanks, - Markus ---
**Author:** ![Markus\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Markus\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Markus_F)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modules-and-importing-them-their-namespace/169329/4 "2009-06-02T14:44:13Z")
On Tuesday 02 June 2009, Markus F. wrote: > |\> > |\> I hope this helps > | > |I don’t think so, as it does not make the current scope aware of > |modules/namespace. Without prefix, I just can’t access FinallyMyClass > |like I would do it in java(-ish). > | > |Probably nothing which belongs into ruby/dynamically typed language. > | > |thanks, > |- Markus Sorry, I think I misunderstood your question. I thought you only wanted to use a single class without prefix, but reading again your first mail, it seems that you want everything under MyModule::HasSubmodile::AndAnotherOne to look like it was in the main object (or in the module you’re working in). Is this correct? If so, you can try including the MyModule::HasSubmodile::AndAnotherOne module inside your own, or in the toplevel object, like this: include MyModule::HasSubmodile::AndAnotherOne This will give you access to constants and instance methods defined in AndAnotherOne (but not to its class methods or to constants defined in MyModule or HasSubmodule). I’m not completely sure this is exactly what you want, but it’s the best thing I can think of (I don’t know java, so I don’t know what exactly you expect to be able to do with this). Stefano ---
**Author:** ![Markus\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Markus\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Markus_F)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modules-and-importing-them-their-namespace/169329/5 "2009-06-02T16:43:33Z")
On Jun 2, 2009, at 9:00 AM, Markus F. wrote: > I haven’t though about that, I will look into it. Still have to get > used to ruby and how its scoping works with require/include. I just wanted to point out that require and include are two very different beasts in Ruby. I point this out because those names were stumbling blocks to me when I learned Ruby and I’ve seen other people trip up with them also. I think the confusion comes from trying to map C’s ‘include’ semantics to Ruby’s ‘include’ or ‘require’ features. This is a mistake since all three of those facilities are very different from one another. Gary W. ---
**Author:** ![Markus\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Markus\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Markus_F)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modules-and-importing-them-their-namespace/169329/6 "2009-06-02T15:01:19Z")
Hi, Stefano C. wrote: > correct? If so, you can try including the > MyModule::HasSubmodile::AndAnotherOne module inside your own, or in the > toplevel object, like this: > > include MyModule::HasSubmodile::AndAnotherOne I haven’t though about that, I will look into it. Still have to get used to ruby and how its scoping works with require/include. thanks! - Markus