Does something similar to 'friend' exist in C#

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Martin Hart - 29 Jul 2005 10:46 GMT

Hi:

Is there an equivalent instruction to a 'friend' class in C++ available
under C#?

I have a class that I want, basically, readonly access to, except for
one class that would have total access to all its fields, public and
private.

TIA,
MartinH.

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Oliver Sturm - 29 Jul 2005 11:09 GMT

> Is there an equivalent instruction to a 'friend' class in C++ available
> under C#?

Not in C# 1, but in C# 2 you can use the InternalsVisibleToAttribute to
do a similar thing, at least for some purposes. See the MSDN docs here:

http://tinyurl.com/88s8e

Oliver Sturm

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Martin Hart - 29 Jul 2005 11:25 GMT

Oliver:

Very interesting, we are currently planning the migration to .NET 2,
this is just another argument to do so.

Thanks for your insight and sharing your knowledge.

Regards,
Martin.

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>> Is there an equivalent instruction to a 'friend' class in C++
>> available under C#?
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Lloyd Dupont - 29 Jul 2005 14:54 GMT

there is also another option 1.0 & + option
the 'internal' protection attributes make all your whatever accessible to
anything in the same assembly.

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