名称空间中不存在类型或命名空间名称“GetName”

Question

The following code runs in a simple demo but it doesn't compile in my real project.

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string AgentName = "Test";
            string SERVICE_NAME = "Agent";
            ServiceController sc = new ServiceController(AgentName);
            ServiceControllerStatus status = sc.Status;
            Debug.WriteLine(String.Format("Service {0} {1}", SERVICE_NAME, 
                // compile error this next line: 
                Enum.GetName(typeof(ServiceControllerStatus), sc.Status))); 
        }
    }
}

The error message is:

The type or namespace name 'GetName' does not exist in the namespace 'UtilLibrary.Enum'

If I change the top namespace in the file (in real project) from UtilLibrary to something else like UtilityLibrary , it compiles fine. It seems like there would be a conflict with GetName() but there is not, nothing comes up in search.

So how can I stay in the same namespace and fix the compile error?

ps I am new to c#. Also if add dot to change the namespace like UtilLibrary.General , that still doesn't fix the error.

Answer 1

Even though it's not best practice, you can always specify an alias to solve naming issues

using SysEnum = System.Enum;
using LibEnum = Some.Custom.Library.Enum;

//Usage
SysEnum.GetName(typeof(ServiceControllerStatus), sc.Status)));
LibEnum.WhateverMethodIsImplementedHere();

Remember that it is usally better to fix the naming, as long as it is your code.