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Clojure for Java Developers
Clojure for Java Developers

Clojure for Java Developers: Transition smoothly from Java to the most widely used functional JVM-based language – Clojure

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Clojure for Java Developers

Chapter 2. Namespaces, Packages, and Tests

We now have a working installation of Clojure and IntelliJ.

As a Java developer, you are used to working with classes as the minimal unit of organization. Clojure has a very different sense and gives you different tools to organize your code.

For starters, you should keep in mind that code and data are separate; you don't have a minimal unit with attributes and functions that work over those attributes. Your functions can work on any data structure that you wish, as long as you follow the rules of how the function works.

In this chapter, we will start writing some simple functions to illustrate how separation of functions and data works and we will have a look at the tools Clojure gives us to make the separation.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topic:

  • How namespaces work compared to the classpath and Java packages
  • Unit tests
  • More Clojure examples and syntax

Namespaces in Clojure

Clojure namespaces might be familiar to you, as a Java developer, and for a very good reason, they have a very deep relationship with Java's packages and the classpath.

First of all, let's review what we already know from Java.

Packages in Clojure

The Java code is organized in packages, a package in Java is a namespace that allows you to group a set of similar classes and interfaces.

You can think of a package as something very similar to a folder in your computer.

The following are some common packages that you use a lot when programming in Java:

  • java.lang: Everything that's native to Java, including basic types (integer, long, byte, boolean, character, string, number, short, float, void, and class), the basic threading primitives (runnable, thread), the basic primitives for exceptions (throwable, error, exception), the basic exceptions and errors (NoSuchMethodError, OutOfMemoryError, StackOverflowError, and so on) and runtime access classes like runtime...

The classpath and the classloader

Java was designed to be modular and for that it needs some way to load your code easily. The answer to this was the classloader, the classloader allows you to read resources from every entry of the classpath; you can look at resources in the classpath as a hierarchical structure similar to the file system.

The classloader is just a list of entries; each entry can be a directory in the filesystem or a JAR file. At this point, you should also know that JAR files are just zip files.

The classloader will treat each entry as a directory (JAR files are just zipped directories) and it will look for files in each directory.

There are a lot of concepts here to remember, let's try to summarize them:

  • JAR files are ZIP files; they might contain several classes, properties, files, and so on.
  • The classpath is a list of entries; each entry is a JAR file or a system directory.
  • The classloader looks for resources in each entry of the classpath, so you can think of classpath...

Testing in Clojure

Clojure already comes with a unit testing support built-in, as a matter of fact Leiningen has already created a test for us; let's take a look at it right now.

Open the test/ns_playground/core_test.clj file, you should be able to see this code:

(ns ns-playground.core-test
  (:require [clojure.test :refer :all]
            [ns-playground.core :refer :all]))
(deftest a-test
  (testing "FIXME, I fail."
(is (= 0 1))))

Again, as you can see, we are using :require to include functions from the clojure.test and the ns-playground.core packages.

Note

Remember, the :refer :all works similar to how char import static clojure.test.* will work in Java.

Testing from the command line

Let's first learn how to run these tests. From the command line, you can run:

lein test

You should get the following output:

lein test ns-playground.core-test

lein test :only ns-playground.core-test/a-test

FAIL in (a-test) (core_test.clj:7)
FIXME, I fail.
expected: (= 0 1)
  actual: (not (...

Summary

In this chapter, we got to know some utilities that we can use for better management of our code and we have some more examples of everyday Clojure code. In particular:

  • Working of namespace in Clojure and their relation to Java packages
  • Writing out-of-the-box unit tests and executing them with Leiningen and Cursive Clojure
  • Delving into the Clojure Interactive development workflow and a bit of the Clojure mindset
  • Writing very simple functions and testing them

In the next chapter, we will learn about Java interop, so we can start using the familiar classes and libraries we already know in our Clojure code.

We will also learn how to use Clojure from Java, so you can start using it in your everyday Java projects.

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Key benefits

  • *Write apps for the multithreaded world with Clojure’s flavor of functional programming
  • *Discover Clojure’s features and advantages and use them in your existing projects
  • *The book is designed so that you’ll be able put to use your existing skills and software knowledge to become a more effective Clojure developer

Description

We have reached a point where machines are not getting much faster, software projects need to be delivered quickly, and high quality in software is more demanding as ever. We need to explore new ways of writing software that helps achieve those goals. Clojure offers a new possibility of writing high quality, multi-core software faster than ever, without having to leave your current platform. Clojure for Java developers aims at unleashing the true potential of the Clojure language to use it in your projects. The book begins with the installation and setup of the Clojure environment before moving on to explore the language in-depth. Get acquainted with its various features such as functional programming, concurrency, etc. with the help of example projects. Additionally, you will also, learn how the tooling works, and how it interacts with the Java environment. By the end of this book, you will have a firm grip on Clojure and its features, and use them effectively to write more robust programs.

Who is this book for?

This book is intended for Java developers, who are looking for a way to expand their skills and understand new paradigms of programming. Whether you know a little bit about functional languages, or you are just getting started, this book will get you up and running with how to use your existing skills in Clojure and functional programming.

What you will learn

  • *Understand the tools for the Clojure world and how they relate to Java tools and standards (like Maven)
  • *Learn about immutable data structures, and what makes them feasible for everyday programming
  • *Write simple multi-core programs using Clojure's core concepts, like atoms, agents and refs
  • *Understand that in Clojure, code is data, and how to take advantage of that fact by generating and manipulating code with macros
  • *Learn how Clojure interacts with Java, how the class loaders work and how to use Clojure from Java or the other way around
  • *Discover a new, more flexible meaning of polymorphism and understand that OOP is not the only way to get it

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Table of Contents

8 Chapters
1. Getting Started with Clojure Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Namespaces, Packages, and Tests Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Interacting with Java Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Collections and Functional Programming Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Multimethods and Protocols Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Concurrency Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Macros in Clojure Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Index Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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