How do you give a namespace an alias in C#

Question

I have a large namespace: Foo.Bar.Space.Station.Bar and I was to alias is as something shorter like, Station. How do I do that in the using section?

using Foo.Bar.Space.Station.Bar Object ???

so I can do this

Station.Object obj = new ...

instead of

Foo.Bar.Space.Station.Bar.Object obj = new ...

Answer 1

You can give an alias to a namespace in a using statement.

using Station = Foo.Bar.Space.Station.Bar;

Answer 2

using Foo.Bar.Space.Station.Bar = Station;

Answer 3

using Station = Foo.Bar.Space.Station.Bar;

But in my opinion, having two namespaces named Bar is not a very good idea. :) Even if it's not real code.

Answer 4

Check out http://www.blackwasp.co.uk/NamespaceAliasQualifier.aspx as it will explain it as well as some problems that could arise. Look especially at the section about namespace alias qualifiers.