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Steve
Steve

Reputation: 4655

The type or namespace 'IRange' could not be found

I'm using C#.net 4.0 with Visual Studio 2010. I am getting the error

Error 10 The type or namespace name 'IRange' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) C:\git\emtexporter\EMTExporter.IRepository\IRangeRepository.cs 11 27 EMTExporter.IRepository

IRange is an interface in the project EMTExporter.IEntities and the project IEntities builds successfully. IRange.cs has the code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Wiggle.EMTExporter.IEntities;

namespace Wiggle.CategoryXMLExporter.IEntities
{
    interface IRange
    {
        long ID { get; }
        Dictionary<ILanguage, string> rangeNames { get; set; }
    }
}

The problem occurs in IRangeRepository.cs which has the code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Wiggle.EMTExporter.IEntities;

namespace CategoryXMLExporter.IRepository
{
    interface IRangeRepository
    {
        Dictionary<string,IList<IRange>> getAllRanges();
    }
}

I am referencing EMTExporter.IEntities in the IRepository project. I have no idea what could be going wrong!

edit: the issue was that the project was changed from CategoryXMLExporter to EMTExporter, but I hadn't updated the Assembly name and Default namespace of the project. Updated that, made the interface public and now it works!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1165

Answers (5)

ehuna
ehuna

Reputation: 173

In addition to what has been mentioned above, sometimes you may need to ensure the referenced library is configured as being built under the selected active configuration and platform.

  1. In Visual Studio 2012 or 2013, right-click on the Solution and chose "Configuration Manager".

  2. For the selected "Active Solution Configuration" (e.g. "Debug" or "Release") and "Active Solution Platform" (e.g. "Any CPU", "x64", "x86", or "ARM") ensure the project that contains your interfaces and any of its dependencies have "Build" checked.

Upvotes: 0

Tim B James
Tim B James

Reputation: 20364

IRange is in the namespace Wiggle.CategoryXMLExporter.IEntities so you will need to reference that. Also make the Interface public

Upvotes: 0

Damien_The_Unbeliever
Damien_The_Unbeliever

Reputation: 239764

The default accessibility level top level classes and interfaces is internal, not public, so if these are in different projects, it won't be visible.

Classes and structs that are declared directly within a namespace (in other words, that are not nested within other classes or structs) can be either public or internal. Internal is the default if no access modifier is specified.

namespace Wiggle.CategoryXMLExporter.IEntities
{
    public interface IRange
    {
        long ID { get; }
        Dictionary<ILanguage, string> rangeNames { get; set; }
    }
}

Upvotes: 2

Dominik
Dominik

Reputation: 3372

Your interface is not public try the following

public interface IRange

Upvotes: 4

Botz3000
Botz3000

Reputation: 39630

You need to add the namespace Wiggle.CategoryXMLExporter.IEntities to your using clauses, because IRange is defined there:

using Wiggle.CategoryXMLExporter.IEntities;

Also, if it's in a different assembly, you need to make it public.

Upvotes: 0

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