C# shortcut for #if … #else … #endif like #define something as string

Question

In C# dotNET for Mono, is there an easier way of doing this?

#if __MonoCS__
    public static SqliteConnection NewConnection
#else
    public static SQLiteConnec         


        

Answer 1

Well, you can use a using alias directive:

#if __MonoCS__
using SQLiteConnection = Foo.Bar.SqliteConnection;
#endif

Then you can use SQLiteConnection everywhere within the same file.

You may want to use the adapter pattern to put this just in a single piece of code though, so all the rest of your code can be the same either way.