Question

Let’s say I have 3 projects:

1 Web Project which is in .NET MVC3
2 Buisness Logic for the application. Where it is being referenced from the Web Project.
3 External Project (MyTools) which has some generic functionality like log4Net, nHibernate implementations.

My goal is to implement a particular abstract class which is in the MyTools project in the buisness logic.

public class Client : IEntity //Project Location: Buisness Logic Project
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

public class ClientAO : BaseDAO<Client> //Project Location: Buisness Logic Project
{

}

public interface IEntity //Project Location: MyTools Logic Project
{
    int Id { get; set; }
}

public abstract class BaseDAO<TEntity> where TEntity : IEntity, new() //Project      Location: MyTools Logic Project
{
    public static TEntity GetEntityById(int Id)
    {
        //Logic here to get object with ID = id
    }
}

The problem is here: when I try to use ClientAO class, GetEntityById Method is not available in the web project although it is being referenced. Then if I move all the logic in the MyTools project into the buisness logic without changing anything, GetEntityById will be available. I cannot understand what is happening with this issue. Is there any problem with Access Modifiers? As far as I know setting a class to public, that class can be accessed even from different assembly.

Thanks

Answer 1

If the proper references are added to your business logic project, this should work.