'SyndicationFeed' does not contain a definition for 'Load'

Question

I'm trying to read rss feeds using Syndicationfeed class. I have added a reference to System.servicemodel.syndication.

this is my error Project.SyndicationFeed' does not contain a definition for 'Load'

Here's my code: (console application)

using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.ServiceModel.Syndication;

namespace ConsoleApplication2
{
   class Program
   {
      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
        string url = "http://fooblog.com/feed";
        XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(url);
        SyndicationFeed feed = new SyndicationFeed();
        feed = SyndicationFeed.Load(reader);
        reader.Close();
        foreach (SyndicationItem item in feed.Items)
        {
            String subject = item.Title.Text;    
            String summary = item.Summary.Text;

        }
      }

   }
}

@user2864740 I've changed it to `System.ServiceModel.Syndication.SyndicationFeed feed = System.ServiceModel.Syndication.SyndicationFeed.Load(reader);` and it seems to work but I don't have an idea why. I've seen answers on stackoverflow which did this: `SyndicationFeed feed = SyndicationFeed.Load(reader);` — Giani Noyez, Apr 02 '14 at 08:47
@GianiNoyez Oh. Do you have your *own* class called `SyndicationFeed` by chance? — user2864740, Apr 02 '14 at 08:53
No, my initial hypothesis about the error was wrong. My new one is that there is another `SyndicationFeed` type somewhere and the issue goes away when you fully-qualify the typename. Try with `SyndicationFeed feed = System.ServiceModel.Syndication.SyndicationFeed.Load(reader);` (note that the full type is only specified once) and there will likely be an error about not being able to assign the types. If so, what's the *full* error? — user2864740, Apr 02 '14 at 08:56
@user2864740 `Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.ServiceModel.Syndication.SyndicationFeed' to 'ConsoleApplication2.SyndicationFeed'` This is the new error if I do it your way — Giani Noyez, Apr 02 '14 at 11:31
@user2864740 After reading your comment several times I noticed you were right. I indeed had a SyndicationFeed.cs class. I didn't make it so I don't get why it was there. I removed it and now all my problems are gone. Thank you very much. — Giani Noyez, Apr 02 '14 at 11:43
@GianiNoyez Just self-answer. Explain what was wrong, how it was discovered/fixed, and check the green arrow xD — user2864740, Apr 02 '14 at 20:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 02 '14 at 20:25

The problem was that somehow a class SyndicationFeed.cs got added to my project which caused conflicts when calling the .Load() method.

After deleting this file from the class everything went fine.

Thanks to @user2864740 for pointing this out and leading me to the solution.

'SyndicationFeed' does not contain a definition for 'Load'

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