Keyword 'friend' in C#?

[Hyun-jik Bae]

Is there anything in C# correspondent to 'friend' keyword in C++?
I searched documents and found something [assembly:blahblah] but I am not
sure if it is what I am searching for.

Please reply. Thanks in advance.

Hyun-jik Bae

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

The closest thing in C# is the "internal" access modifier. Basically,
this means that only other types in the same module can access it. For most
purposes, that means assembly (since there is usually only one module in an
assembly).

Hope this helps.

 

[Tom Shelton]

Is there anything in C# correspondent to 'friend' keyword in C++?
I searched documents and found something [assembly:blahblah] but I am not
sure if it is what I am searching for.

Please reply. Thanks in advance.

Hyun-jik Bae

C# 2.0 allows you to specify "friend" assemblies. Basically, this
allows you to expose internal types to another assembly. This is done
with the assembly attribute InternalsVisibleTo. So, to let assembly 2
access assembly 1's internal types, you would add:

[assembly:InternalsVisibleTo ("assembly2")]

to assembly 1.

HTH