Is it a good practice to have a package/namespace and class within with the same name?

Question

I am creating a new namespace and the most apt name for one of the class seems to be the same name as the namespace. Is this a good practice? If not, what is the alternative?

For example:

com.person
|--- Person.(java/cs)
|--- PersonDetailChecker.(java/cs)
|--- PersonNameGenerator.(java/cs)

Related questions discussing the same issue:

• Should a class have the same name as the namespace?
• How to avoid having the same name for a class and it's namespace, such as Technology.Technology?

Answer 1

I would try to avoid that, since it can make your code harder to read Eric Lippert has written an article about this, which you can find here:

• part 1,

• part 2,

• part 3

• part 4

I've made the mistake myself a few times, and it certainly made it harder to read some of my code.