Libraries and Visibility

Importing Libraries

// Core libraries
import 'dart:math';
import 'dart:async';
import 'dart:convert';

// Package imports
import 'package:http/http.dart';

// Relative imports
import 'utils/helpers.dart';

Library Prefixes

import 'dart:math' as math;
import 'package:lib1/lib1.dart' as lib1;
import 'package:lib2/lib2.dart' as lib2;

void main() {
  print(math.pi);
  lib1.someFunction();
  lib2.someFunction();
}

Selective Imports

// Import only specific members
import 'dart:math' show pi, sqrt;

// Import all except specific members
import 'dart:math' hide cos, sin;

Creating Libraries

// math_utils.dart
library math_utils;

const double pi = 3.14159;

double circleArea(double radius) {
  return pi * radius * radius;
}

// Private (not exported)
double _internalHelper() {
  return 42.0;
}

Exporting Libraries

// my_library.dart
library my_library;

export 'src/utils.dart';
export 'src/models.dart';
export 'src/services.dart' show ServiceA, ServiceB;

Part and Part Of

// main_library.dart
library main_library;

part 'part1.dart';
part 'part2.dart';

// part1.dart
part of main_library;

void function1() {
  print('Function 1');
}

// part2.dart
part of main_library;

void function2() {
  print('Function 2');
}

Visibility

// Public - accessible everywhere
class PublicClass {}

// Private - only within library
class _PrivateClass {}

class MyClass {
  int publicField = 0;
  int _privateField = 0;
  
  void publicMethod() {}
  void _privateMethod() {}
}

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