C#•3y ago

❔ can a static class contain static class as property

Let's say I make static Class1 in a file
in an other file I make static Class2

Is there a way to make it so I could call Class1.Class2.Method() ??

Jimmacle•8/15/23, 5:36 PM

you would have to nest the definition of Class2 in Class1, but why do this at all?

PatrickGOP•8/15/23, 5:37 PM

idk just for readability. lets say i have 50 static classes and I want to regroup them into a few categories to call them more easily in my code

Jimmacle•8/15/23, 5:37 PM

that sounds like a bigger design problem to me

ero•8/15/23, 5:38 PM

If you have 50 static classes you have bigger problems yeah

PatrickGOP•8/15/23, 5:38 PM

nah I was just using this as an example

PatrickGOP•8/15/23, 5:39 PM

im just starting a project I have 1 static class thats all

Jimmacle•8/15/23, 5:40 PM

well, make sure you don't end up with a mess where this question stops being theoretical LUL

PatrickGOP•8/15/23, 5:40 PM

I guess if I really needed to organize I could use a namespace as container instaed of an other static class

Jimmacle•8/15/23, 5:41 PM

i can't really give you specific advice without a real world problem

Jimmacle•8/15/23, 5:42 PM

if you wanted to dump a bunch of stuff in a static class, you can make the other utility classes non-static and make them properties of the static class

PatrickGOP•8/15/23, 5:43 PM

idk man, lets say you had a projet that requires literally TONS of weird specific string manipulations like thousands of them. and you first categorize them into a bunch of static Classes and then you would want to put all these static classes into a StringManipulationStaticClasses "folde"

Jimmacle•8/15/23, 5:43 PM

i would probably do something that isn't dump them in separate static classes

PatrickGOP•8/15/23, 5:44 PM

well if you put them all in the same static class it would take 2 hours just to find the proper one

PatrickGOP•8/15/23, 5:44 PM

you know with the autocomplete