How to reference a namespace from a specific assembly?

Question

So here is my problem.

• My (test) project references both Castle Windsor and Rhino Mocks.
• I am creating a class which implements Castle.Core.Intercept

Answer 1

You can use an extern alias to alias one of the assemblies to prevent the ambiguity.

Answer 2

Let's throw the specific answer up here in case someone comes along later. From article here.

• Select one of the two assemblies under project references (in my case I selected Castle.Core). Hit F4 to bring up properties and enter alias CastleCore
• At the top of the problematic cs file put extern alias CastleCore;
• Reference your class with CastleCore::Castle.Core.Interceptors.IInterceptor. Or in my case I simply did:

using cci = CastleCore::Castle.Core.Interceptors;

and can now reference

cci.IInterceptor