diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/ChangeLog-browser b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/ChangeLog-browser
index 63400ee6dd9..9202ccbbb09 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/ChangeLog-browser
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/ChangeLog-browser
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-09-02 Chris Wiebe
+
+	add method to get global namespace
+	* browser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/browser/AllTypesCache.java
+
 2004-09-01 Chris Wiebe
 
 	avoid unnecessary deltas
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/browser/AllTypesCache.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/browser/AllTypesCache.java
index b2e16338db3..d573c81e0e9 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/browser/AllTypesCache.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/browser/AllTypesCache.java
@@ -242,6 +242,16 @@ public class AllTypesCache {
 		return (ITypeInfo[]) fTypesFound.toArray(new ITypeInfo[fTypesFound.size()]);
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Returns the global (default) namespace for the given project.
+	 * 
+	 * @param project the project
+	 */
+	public static ITypeInfo getGlobalNamespace(IProject project) {
+		ITypeCache cache = TypeCacheManager.getInstance().getCache(project);
+		return cache.getGlobalNamespace();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns true if the type cache is up to date.
 	 */