Question

Given the following code:

public static class Super
{
    public static class Inner
    {
        public static string SomeValue { get; set; }
    }

    public static string SomeValue { get; set; }
}

Resharper tells me that Super.Inner.SomeValue hides a property from the outer class.

How is there hiding going on? You have two distinct references (Super.SomeValue and Super.Inner.SomeValue). And (as far as I know) you cannot use one reference to mean the other variable.

I have found that Resharper is wrong sometimes. But not usually. So I would like to know what it is thinking here.

Any Ideas?

Answer 1

I’m guessing because it means using SomeValue in the inner class means you get the value assigned to the inner class rather than the outer class.

Consider this:

public static class Super
{
  public static class Sub
  {
    public static string OtherValue {get{return SomeValue;}}

    // Remove this line and OtherValue will return Outer
    public static string SomeValue { get{return "Inner"; }}
  }

  public static string SomeValue { get{return "Outer"; }}
}

Currently Super.Sub.OtherValue will return Inner but removing the line I’ve commented will cause it to return Outer