Sets *ns* to the namespace named by name (unevaluated), creating it if needed. references can be zero or more of: (:refer-clojure ...) (:require ...) (:use ...) (:import ...) (:load ...) (:gen-class) with the syntax of refer-clojure/require/use/import/load/gen-class respectively, except the arguments are unevaluated and need not be quoted. (:gen-class ...), when supplied, defaults to :name corresponding to the ns name, :main true, :impl-ns same as ns, and :init-impl-ns true. All options of gen-class are supported. The :gen-class directive is ignored when not compiling. If :gen-class is not supplied, when compiled only an nsname__init.class will be generated. If :refer-clojure is not used, a default (refer 'clojure.core) is used. Use of ns is preferred to individual calls to in-ns/require/use/import: (ns foo.bar (:refer-clojure :exclude [ancestors printf]) (:require (clojure.contrib sql combinatorics)) (:use (my.lib this that)) (:import (java.util Date Timer Random) (java.sql Connection Statement)))