C#•4mo ago

Class with same name as namespace

In the same app still (Ilanos), in my Ilanos.Application proj I have a lot of classes that are supposed to use the Joke class. However, for the sake of organization, I'm separating them like this:

|- Ilanos.Application
  |- Mappers
    |- Joke

|- Ilanos.Application
  |- Mappers
    |- Joke

The problem of that is the namespace name. The JokeResponseMapper, for example, would be at the namespace Ilanos.Application.Mappers.Joke while the Joke entity/model class is at Ilanos.Core.Entities. The compiler complains that the Ilanos.Application.Mappers.Joke namespace and the Joke class "have the same name", even if they're different, is there a way to keep the organization and have the named classes as they are?

14 Replies

Jimmacle•4mo ago

you'll have to fully qualify the class name (Ilanos.Core.Entities.Joke) to avoid that conflict, i recommend changing your naming instead

Angius•4mo ago

Do you really have multiple mapper classes for a single entity? Alternatively, you can use a type alias

Sun「無用」OP•4mo ago

yes, for my create command and response also that happened in my service stuff too too late for name changes, so full path it is, ig

Angius•4mo ago

Or a type alias using JokeModel = Ilanos.Core.Entities.Joke; And use JokeModel

Sun「無用」OP•4mo ago

why isn't there the difference for the compiler, though? that seems a bit counterintuitive

Jimmacle•4mo ago

what do you mean

Sun「無用」OP•4mo ago

I mean why does the compiler doesn't differenciate namespaces and classes? They're different things

Jimmacle•4mo ago

because it becomes ambiguous what you're refering to

Sun「無用」OP•4mo ago

yes, but why is it ambiguous, doesn't the compiler have different "memories" for those? that's how I thought it was implemented at least

Jimmacle•4mo ago

it depends exactly on what the code is that's generating the error

Sun「無用」OP•4mo ago

I was just using the Joke class while a namespace ending in Joke was in scop

namespace Ilanos.Application.Mappers.Joke;

// Ohno, cannot access Joke class
using Ilanos.Domain.Core.Joke;

Joke jk = new();

namespace Ilanos.Application.Mappers.Joke;

// Ohno, cannot access Joke class
using Ilanos.Domain.Core.Joke;

Joke jk = new();

Omnissiah•4mo ago

hey, you can also write global::Namespaces.Joke, imagine that

Sun「無用」OP•4mo ago

wdym?

Omnissiah•4mo ago

when you have name clashing you can add global:: to identify stuff and global::Joke is funny

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