I'm not even trying to test anything there yet, just wanted to create an instance of class Book(that I would like to test in the future) in my testing BookTests.cs file. I've added reference to GradeBook.Tests.csproj as whole source code to Gradebook is in the other folder. Yet it still returns CS0246 error : The type or namespace name 'Book' Could not be found.
Are you missing a using directive of assembly reference?
Gradebook.Tests.csproj with directory tree
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace Gradebook
{
public class Book
{
private List<double> grades;
private string name;
public Book(string name)
{
this.name = name;
grades = new List<double>();
}
public void AddGrade(double grade)
{
grades.Add(grade);
}
}
}
Book.cs
using System;
using Xunit;
namespace GradeBook.Tests
{
public class BookTests
{
[Fact]
public void Test1()
{
//arrange
var book2 = new Book("test");
}
}
}
BookTests.cs
The code is pretty simple as I'm following Pluralsight course C# Fundamentals and I did everything like on the video. Tried also dotnet restore command. Path to project that contains Book.cs is probably correct(when i change something other errors occur). Working on VSC. What am I missing here?
I know it's been 2 months since this has last had an update, but the reason you're having an issue is because you're using the namespace Gradebook in Book.cs, but using GradeBook in BookTests.cs. (Notice the capital B)
Rename it so they're both Gradebook and ensure your directory names are correct and you should have no issues.
Related
My program uses a class called Time2. I have the reference added to TimeTest but I keep getting the error, 'Time2' is a 'namespace' but is used like a 'type'.
Could someone please tell me what this error is and how to fix it?
namespace TimeTest
{
class TimeTest
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Time2 t1 = new Time2();
}
}
}
I suspect you've got the same problem at least twice.
Here:
namespace TimeTest
{
class TimeTest
{
}
... you're declaring a type with the same name as the namespace it's in. Don't do that.
Now you apparently have the same problem with Time2. I suspect if you add:
using Time2;
to your list of using directives, your code will compile. But please, please, please fix the bigger problem: the problematic choice of names. (Follow the link above to find out more details of why it's a bad idea.)
(Additionally, unless you're really interested in writing time-based types, I'd advise you not to do so... and I say that as someone who does do exactly that. Use the built-in capabilities, or a third party library such as, um, mine. Working with dates and times correctly is surprisingly hairy. :)
namespace TestApplication // Remove .Controller
{
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public ActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
}
}
Remove the controller word from namepsace
The class TimeTest is conflicting with namespace TimeTest.
If you can't change the namespace and the class name:
Create an alias for the class type.
using TimeTest_t = TimeTest.TimeTest;
TimeTest_t s = new TimeTest_t();
All the answers indicate the cause, but sometimes the bigger problem is identifying all the places that define an improper namespace. With tools like Resharper that automatically adjust the namespace using the folder structure, it is rather easy to encounter this issue.
You can get all the lines that create the issue by searching in project / solution using the following regex:
namespace .+\.TheNameUsedAsBothNamespaceAndType
If you're working on a big app and can't change any names, you can type a . to select the type you want from the namespace:
namespace Company.Core.Context{
public partial class Context : Database Context {
...
}
}
...
using Company.Core.Context;
someFunction(){
var c = new Context.Context();
}
I had this problem as I created a class "Response.cs" inside a folder named "Response". So VS was catching the new Response () as Folder/namespace.
So I changed the class name to StatusResponse.cs and called new StatusResponse().This solved the issue.
If you are here for EF Core related issues, here's the tip:
Name your Migration's subfolder differently than the Database Context's name.
This will solve it for you.
My error was something like this:
ModelSnapshot.cs error CS0118: Context is a namespace but is used like a type
Please check that your class and namespace name is the same...
It happens when the namespace and class name are the same.
do one thing write the full name of the namespace when you want to use the namespace.
using Student.Models.Db;
namespace Student.Controllers
{
public class HomeController : Controller
{
// GET: Home
public ActionResult Index()
{
List<Student> student = null;
return View();
}
}
if the error is
Line 26:
Line 27: #foreach (Customers customer in Model)
Line 28: {
Line 29:
give the full name space
like
#foreach (Start.Models.customer customer in Model)
I get an error in C# "The type or namespace name does not exist in namespace". I checked everywhere but it didn't solve my problem here is the main program
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using BlockChainMySelf;
using Formatting = Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting;
namespace BlockChainMySelf
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var startTime = DateTime.Now;
BlockChainMySelf.BlockChain StepCoin = new BlockChain();
StepCoin.CreateTransaction(new Transaction("Henry", "MaHesh", 10));
StepCoin.CreateTransaction(new Transaction("lkjsdf", "MaADLKHesh", 15));
StepCoin.CreateTransaction(new Transaction("Henry", "MaHesh", 20));
StepCoin.CreateTransaction(new Transaction("Henry", "MaHesh", 60));
StepCoin.ProcessPendingTransactions("Bill");
And here is the class that I want to call
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using BlockChainMySelf;
using Formatting = Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting;
namespace BlockChainMySelf
{
public class BlockChain
{
IList<Transaction> PendingTransactions = new List<Transaction>();
public IList<Block> Chain { set; get; }
public int Difficulty { set; get; } = 2;
Here are the Screendhots
Main
Class
answerquestion
answerquestion2
The second screenshot in an earlier edit of your question clearly shows the BlockChain class as being 'Miscellaneous Files' in Visual Studio:
The MSDN page for the Miscellaneous Files Project says (emphasis mine):
When a user opens project items, the IDE assigns to the Miscellaneous Files project any items that are not members of any projects in a solution.
Presumably you were in the middle of trying to fix the issue, so you put static in - but that won't work because then you can't create an instance of a BlockChain.
Your question is a duplicate of Visual Studio - project shows up as “Miscellaneous Files”.
The/a solution is to right-click on the bad file in Solution Explorer, remove it from the project, then re-add it, e.g. this answer.
I had this issue... however, I had two classes under the same namespace but in different projects. All I had to do to fix this was to add a reference to the project directly.
My program uses a class called Time2. I have the reference added to TimeTest but I keep getting the error, 'Time2' is a 'namespace' but is used like a 'type'.
Could someone please tell me what this error is and how to fix it?
namespace TimeTest
{
class TimeTest
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Time2 t1 = new Time2();
}
}
}
I suspect you've got the same problem at least twice.
Here:
namespace TimeTest
{
class TimeTest
{
}
... you're declaring a type with the same name as the namespace it's in. Don't do that.
Now you apparently have the same problem with Time2. I suspect if you add:
using Time2;
to your list of using directives, your code will compile. But please, please, please fix the bigger problem: the problematic choice of names. (Follow the link above to find out more details of why it's a bad idea.)
(Additionally, unless you're really interested in writing time-based types, I'd advise you not to do so... and I say that as someone who does do exactly that. Use the built-in capabilities, or a third party library such as, um, mine. Working with dates and times correctly is surprisingly hairy. :)
namespace TestApplication // Remove .Controller
{
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public ActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
}
}
Remove the controller word from namepsace
The class TimeTest is conflicting with namespace TimeTest.
If you can't change the namespace and the class name:
Create an alias for the class type.
using TimeTest_t = TimeTest.TimeTest;
TimeTest_t s = new TimeTest_t();
All the answers indicate the cause, but sometimes the bigger problem is identifying all the places that define an improper namespace. With tools like Resharper that automatically adjust the namespace using the folder structure, it is rather easy to encounter this issue.
You can get all the lines that create the issue by searching in project / solution using the following regex:
namespace .+\.TheNameUsedAsBothNamespaceAndType
If you're working on a big app and can't change any names, you can type a . to select the type you want from the namespace:
namespace Company.Core.Context{
public partial class Context : Database Context {
...
}
}
...
using Company.Core.Context;
someFunction(){
var c = new Context.Context();
}
I had this problem as I created a class "Response.cs" inside a folder named "Response". So VS was catching the new Response () as Folder/namespace.
So I changed the class name to StatusResponse.cs and called new StatusResponse().This solved the issue.
If you are here for EF Core related issues, here's the tip:
Name your Migration's subfolder differently than the Database Context's name.
This will solve it for you.
My error was something like this:
ModelSnapshot.cs error CS0118: Context is a namespace but is used like a type
Please check that your class and namespace name is the same...
It happens when the namespace and class name are the same.
do one thing write the full name of the namespace when you want to use the namespace.
using Student.Models.Db;
namespace Student.Controllers
{
public class HomeController : Controller
{
// GET: Home
public ActionResult Index()
{
List<Student> student = null;
return View();
}
}
if the error is
Line 26:
Line 27: #foreach (Customers customer in Model)
Line 28: {
Line 29:
give the full name space
like
#foreach (Start.Models.customer customer in Model)
I created a very very simple domain layer in visual studio (2010). I then used the new test wizard to create a basic unit test. However when I try to put in the using statement so that I can test my code.. it says my namespace could not be found... This is my first time using visual studio so I am at a loss as to what I am doing wrong.
My code
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace Home
{
class InventoryType
{
/// <summary>
/// Selects the inventory type and returns the selected value
/// </summary>
public class InventorySelect
{
private string inventoryTypes;
public String InventoryTypes
{
set
{
inventoryTypes = value;
}
get
{
return inventoryTypes;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Validate that the inventory is returning some sort of value
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public bool Validate()
{
if (InventoryTypes == null) return false;
return true;
}
}
}
}
My Test Code
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using Home.InventoryType.InventorySelect;
namespace HomeTest
{
[TestClass]
public class TestInventoryTypeCase
{
[TestMethod]
public void TestInventoryTypeClass()
{
InventorySelect select = new InventorySelect();
select.inventoryTypes = "Collection";
if (Validate() = true)
Console.WriteLine("Test Passed");
else
if (Validate() = false)
Console.WriteLine("Test Returned False");
else
Console.WriteLine("Test Failed To Run");
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
using refers to a namespace, not a specific class (unless you add an alias for the class name). Your using statement should only include the word Home.
using Home.InventoryType.InventorySelect;
//becomes
using Home;
Here is a link to MSDN on using directive: using Directive (C#)
I'm assuming your test class is in its own project, so you need to add a reference to that project. (A using statement doesn't add a reference, it merely allows you to use a type in your code without fully qualifying its name.)
Declare InventoryType class as public
InventorySelect class can be private rather than public
When you create a "multi-project" in a solution (by adding projects to any existing solution), the projects do not know about each other.
Go to your test project on Solution Explorer and under "References", right click and select "Add Reference". Then select "project" tab and you will be able to add your project's reference to the test project.
Also, make sure you define the classes in the project as "public" to be able to access them in test project.
namespace Home
{
public class InventoryType
{
...
}
}
Note that you still need the "using" keyword on top of your C# test class:
using Home;
namespace HomeTest
{
public class TestInventoryTypeCase
{
...
}
}
//Page 40: Unit Test for Player class
//Player must have a health that is greater than 0
//When the character is created.
namespace UnitTestingSample
{
class PlayerTests
{
public bool TestPlayerIsAliveWhenBorn()
{
Player p = new Player(); //ERROR: 'UnitTestingSample.Player.Player()' is inaccessible due to its protection level
if (p.Health > 0)
{
return true; //pass test
}
return false; //fail test
}//end function
}//end class
}//end namespace
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
//Page 41
//Player class has default health which is 10
//when his character is created
namespace UnitTestingSample
{
class Player
{
public int Health { get; set; }
Player() //constructor
{
Health = 10;
}
}
}
===============
You see, this is what makes me sad.
This code comes from Book named "C# Game Programming: For Serious Game Creation".
I got an exactly same code from the CD-ROM of this book. That sample code is fine while mine has an error.
This is my first time to write game-coding using C#. However, as I understood, mine should work. But, looks like compiler does not think so.
How can I fix this?
I had a similar problem and found this blog article was very helpful
http://softwareonastring.com/316/why-cant-my-test-access-a-public-constructor
The specific solution it suggests is to add the following line to the project you want to test AssemblyInfo.cs file
[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("TestProject")]
(Where TestProject is changed to the name of your test project assembly)
As well as right clicking on the references in your unit test project and adding a reference to the project you are testing.
This is only recommended for unit tests as it couples the two projects together tightly and would work against normal object oriented best practice.
class Player
{
public int Health { get; set; }
public Player() //constructor
{
Health = 10;
}
}
Class members are private by default and so is your constructor - which results in being inaccessible by your testing code. Make the constructor public if you want to access it from somewhere else than the class itself.