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@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 > > _______________________________________________ > swift-users mailing list > swift-users@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users
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