The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer usable code for constructing a queue namespace object having encapsulation of data stored in the queue namespace object. A series of steps may include receiving a request from a requesting program or other entity for a queue in a set of queues using a selected name. Upon getting the request, a processor may associate a selected name with a queue namespace object in a set of namespace objects. Further features may include processing requests for accessing the queues using the selected name and the queue namespace object in the set of namespace objects such that different applications may be assigned different queues in the set of queues, even though the selected name may be the same.