Question

I have clojure file with some predefined functions and records

;outer.clj
(ns outer )
(defn foo [a] (println a))
(defrecord M [id])

And now usage file

;inner.clj
(ns inner (:use outer ))
(foo 2)    ;works fine
(println (:id (M. 4))) ;throws IllegalArgumentException: Unable to resolve classname: M

Why does function imports fine but records definition doesn’t? How I should import it?

Answer 1

Because defrecord generates a JVM class ‘under the covers’ you need to import that class…

;inner.clj
(ns inner 
    (:use outer )
    (:import outer.M)
(foo 2)    ;works fine
(println (:id (M. 4))) ; works with import