C++ namespaces and defining classes in separate files

Question

I want to make a namespace that will contain several classes as part of a "package".

Do I have to declare all of the classes within the namespace?

For example, if I have a "2dEngine.h" which defines the 2dEngine namespace, do I have to declare all of the individual classes within that header file? Or can I still separate them into separate header (.h) files and have them be part of the namespace?

Pseudo example:

TwoEngine.h

namespace TwoEngine
{
    class Canvas
    {
        // Define all of Canvas here
    };

    class Primitive
    {
        // Define all of Primitive here
    };
}

Instead of doing that, I want to have Canvas and Primitive be their own .h files and just somehow state that they are part of that namespace.

Sorry, I'm still pretty new to this.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4093407/c-namespaces-and-defining-classes-in-separate-files

Answer 1

Yes, you can split the namespace into multiple blocks (and hence files). Your classes will belong to the same namespace as long as they are declared in the namespace block with the same name.

// Canvas.h
namespace TwoEngine
{
    class Canvas
    {
        // Define all of Canvas here
    };
}

// Primitive.h
namespace TwoEngine
{
    class Primitive
    {
        // Define all of Primitive here
    };
}