How to get the full name of a namespace as a string in C#?

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I'm trying to get the full name of a namespace and convert it to a string.

Specifically, I have the namespace DevExpress.Xpf and I would like nameof2(DevExpress.Xpf) or some equivalent to return "DevExpress.Xpf", rather than the "Xpf" that nameof returns.

Currently, I am using $"{nameof(DevExpress)}.{nameof(DevExpress.Xpf)}" to achieve this end.

Is it possible to use reflection or some other feature of C# to get the full address of a namespace as a string?

Does this answer your question? [How can I retrieve the namespace to a string C#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18485469/how-can-i-retrieve-the-namespace-to-a-string-c-sharp) — RoryF, Mar 25 '22 at 13:32

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '22 at 14:35

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The Namespace property of the Type object returns the fully qualified name of the namespace the type's declared in. So considering you have a class named A in the namespace DevExpress.Xpf, calling typeof(A).Namespace will return "DevExpress.Xpf".

answered Mar 25 '22 at 14:35

Kuba Pawlak

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Unfortunately this doesn't work on namespaces themselves, only types. – Telmo Marques Jun 30 '22 at 13:40

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 25 '22 at 13:34

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I'm not on a on pc that can run C# but something like this should work.

string name = nameof(DevExpress.Xpf);

(i'm assumming DevExpress.Xpf is the correct namespace name because you wrote that in the question)

answered Mar 25 '22 at 13:34

Denis

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That would just return the string `"Xpf"` – EagleBirdman Mar 25 '22 at 14:31

How to get the full name of a namespace as a string in C#?

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