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what is the difference between assembly and namespace
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Ravi Shankar KotaPosted Oct 16, 2008, 4:13 AM
Thanks a lot,Dear Alan.Bye..
Ravi Shankar KotaPosted Oct 16, 2008, 4:13 AM
Thanks a lot,Dear Alan.Bye..
AlanPosted Oct 4, 2008, 6:38 AM
An assembly is a .NET application, either an .exe or a .dll.
A namespace is a way of organizing your types and can be split over more than one assembly. They help prevent clashes between similarly named types in your application and in any libraries you use.
So, for example, System.dll is an assembly, part of the .NET framework class library.
It contains numerous namespaces such as System, System.IO and System.Net.
However, the System and System.IO namespaces also feature in the .NET framework assembly called mscorlib.dll and so these are examples of namespaces being split over more than one assembly.