Howto access a namespace with the same name as a class instance?

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I have a question regarding namespace names and classes:

If I have a class called cVeloConnect in namespace VeloConnect. e.g.

namespace VeloConnect
{
    public class cVeloConnect
    {
        // Some content
        public void PrintMe();

    }

    public class cSomeClass
    {
        // Some content

    }
}

And now I want to create a new instance of cVeloConnect, calling this instance VeloConnect, I cannot access the VeloConnect namespace anymore... e.g

VeloConnect.cVeloConnect VeloConnect = new VeloConnect.cVeloConnect();
VeloConnect.PrintMe();
// The below thing is not possible
VeloConnect.cSomeClass MyClass = new VeloConnect.cSomeClass();

How can I access the other class, if I don't want to rename the namespace or my previous instance ?

Jon Skeet · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-02 12:39:42Z

5

Well, one option is to follow naming conventions to avoid this sort of thing - your classes shouldn't start with c, and your local variables would normally start with a lower case letter.

To avoid having to use the namespace at all in the declaration, you can just use a using directive at the top of your code. Or if you really want to specify the namespace, you could use global:::

global::VeloConnect.cSomeClass MyClass = new global::VeloConnect.cSomeClass();

In general though, I don't like seeing namespaces within my actual code - I prefer having using directives so I can just use the simple names in the body of the code. Either way, I would strongly urge you to start following the .NET naming conventions.

answered Aug 2, 2011 at 12:39

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sorpigal · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-02 12:38:56Z

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Alias the namespace;

 using vc=VeloConnect;

 // ... then, later ....

 vc.cVeloConnect VeloConnect = new vc.cVeloConnect();
 VeloConnect.PrintMe();
 // The below thing is not possible
 vc.cSomeClass MyClass = new vc.cSomeClass();

answered Aug 2, 2011 at 12:38

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