"Private" classes

[Peter K]

Hi

if I am developing a "class library" which contains some classes which
should be exposed to the outside world, and other classes which I really
would rather have "private" to my library (helper/utility classes), how do
I achieve this?

Obviously public classes can just be declared "public". But how do I make
classes available only to the other classes which are a part of my library?

Thanks,
Peter

[Marc Gravell]

"internal" or nothing at all (internal is the default)

Marc

[Michael Nemtsev [MVP]]

Hello Peter,

consider using "assembly friendship" for this
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...xk(VS.80).aspx

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[Peter K]

"Marc Gravell" <ma**********@g mail.comwrote in news:u4OtaeJQIH A.4740
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"internal" or nothing at all (internal is the default)

Yeah thanks - I did track that down myself, and tried to "delete" my
question, but you were already on the ball!

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

On Dec 17, 10:31 am, "Marc Gravell" <marc.grav...@g mail.comwrote:

"internal" or nothing at all (internal is the default)

.... for top-level types :)

(Nested types are private by default.)

Jon, pedant in residence