Question

I’m a beginner on C# (I know Java well though) and came to a problem with naming namespaces and classes/interfaces the same.

What won’t work is this:

- Projekt
--> (Interface) Node
--> (Namespace/Folder) Node
-----> (Class): SomethingNode : Node
-----> ... 

Because there is an error that the type “Project.Node” and the Namespace “Project.Node” are named the same.

I will explain why I would intentionally like to name those the same: I have many classes who implement the interface “Node”. Those classes should all be in one namespace, so why don’t name them “Node” I thought. The Interface “Node” should be in the project’s root namespace, because it’s used by other classes and I don’t want to e.g. move the interface “Node” to “Project.Node.Node”, because I think it would be silly to allways import “Project.Node” just because I need the interface.

So my question is, how should I resolve this situation? How should I name my classes/namespaces, is there a nice elegant way of doing this, are there any naming conventions for this kind of situation?

Answer 1

You should follow .NET conventions and name your interface INode. Then classes inside the Node namespace will implement your INode interface.